The role of FDG PET/CT discovering the cause of fever of unknown origin

Autor:	Bernadett Szucs, László Galuska, Stefan Talev, Edit Nagy, Ildikó Garai
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	National health medicine.medical_specialty Diagnostic methods business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Antibiotic therapy medicine In patient Fdg pet ct Radiology Pancreas tail Fever of unknown origin Differential diagnosis business
Zdroj:	Orvosi Hetilap. 153:227-231
ISSN:	1788-6120 0030-6002
DOI:	10.1556/oh.2012.29296
Popis:	The fever of unknown origin from time to time constitutes a serious clinical problem and nearly all diagnostic methods are involved to discover urgently its cause. According to literature data 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose PET/CT was successful in 25-70% of cases even in patients without any positive findings with conventional diagnostic techniques. The Hungarian National Health Fund does not include fever of unknown origin in the list of reimbursed 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose PET/CT indications. The authors try to illustrate the clinical problem with this case report. Fever of unknown origin persisted in a patient for a year, but conventional diagnostic procedures were unsuccessful to find the cause of the fever. Finally, 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose PET/CT indicated a metabolically active focus between the pancreas tail and the spleen. After a long-lasting antibiotic therapy the patient became symptomfree. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 227–231.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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