Pan-Costochondritis Caused by Aspergillus Diagnosed by 18F-FDG PET/CT

Thoracic pain is an entity that can be difficult to diagnose etiologically. Once the cardiac origin has been ruled out, the rheumatologic, neoplastic, and infectious causes have to be taken into account. We present the case of a patient with atypical chest pain after triple-bypass surgery in whom 18F-FDG PET/CT scan showed an important uptake of the radiopharmaceutical in costal cartilages, in relation to pan-costochondritis due to Aspergillus.

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