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. 2018 Sep 28;97(39):e11801. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000011801

Figure 2.

Figure 2

The follow-up diagram of patients with CAE. (A) Brain 18F-FDG PET/CT image in January 2014. It presents a 26-year-old male patient. The 18F-FDG PET/CT conducted in January 2014 revealed that in the right temporal lobe and bilateral occipital lobes, FDG was concentrated in an annular radioactive distribution around the lesion. The size of the lesion in the left occipital lobe was approximately 2.5 × 2.1 cm, and the SUVmax was 8.3. The transferring lesions of CAE in the right temporal lobe and right occipital lobe were resected in the right month. Pathological findings revealed CAE with obvious necrosis and collagen proliferation, and a large amount of inflammatory cell infiltration. (B) Brain 18F-FDG PET/CT image in May 2015. It presents a 27-year-old male patient. The 18F-FDG PET/CT conducted in May 2015 revealed changes in the transferring lesions of CAE in the right temporal lobe and right occipital lobe after resection. The size of the transferring CAE lesion in the left occipital lobe was approximately 3.1 × 2.6 cm, and was surrounded by a annular radioactive concentration of FDG. The SUVmax was 10.2. The lesion in the left occipital lobe was resected in February 2016. Pathological findings revealed CAE with obvious necrosis, calcification and collagen proliferation, and a large amount of inflammatory cell infiltration. 18F-FDG PET/CT =  18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, CAE = cerebral alveolar echinococcosis, SUVmax = maximum standardized uptake value.