Pulmonary Actinomycosis in Dialysis Patient

Fig. 71.1

CT shows dysmorphic kidneys, sharply increased in size, structure subverted by numerous coarse parenchymal cysts that have abnormal deposition of the tracer at the PET scan. Absence of focal lesions

Fig. 71.2

At the apical segment of the left upper lobe, CT-PET image shows an oval lesion with air inside, with unevenly thickened margins that express low metabolic activity. Multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules of various sizes, some measuring more than a centimeter, other millimetric, can be seen