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Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis in a patient after autologous stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma |
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| Authors: | Meera Mohan Bradley Fogel Thomas Eluvathingal Carolina Schinke Atul Kothari |
| Affiliation: | 1. Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, AR, USA;2. Department of Pathology, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA;3. Department of Radiology, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA;4. UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA;5. Division of Infectious Diseases, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA |
| Abstract: | A 59‐year‐old patient with multiple myeloma on maintenance chemotherapy presented with fever, weight loss, and night sweats. An F‐18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) computed tomography (CT) showed intra‐abdominal lymphadenopathy with a mesenteric mass that led to further workup and diagnosis of histoplamosis. The patient was treated with amphotericin B and subsequently switched to itraconazole. This exemplifies the usefulness of FDG PET CT in diagnosis of infectious complications. |
| Keywords: | FDG PET CT gastrointestinal histoplamosis Histoplasma histoplasmosis myeloma stem cell transplant |