Effective Use of F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography to Rule Out Prosthetic Aortic Valve as the Source of Infection

Autor:	Quan D Nguyen, Samuel Bezold, Javier Villanueva-Meyer, James T Roberts, Pooja Agrawal
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Aortic valve medicine.medical_specialty Aortic valve prosthesis Nuclear imaging pet scans Infectious Disease Computed tomography Bioengineering 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Recurrent bacterial infections Cardiovascular Medical and Health Sciences Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Clinical Research medicine nuclear medicine imaging site of infection medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Engineering ct (computed tomography) imaging aortic valve medicine.anatomical_structure Infectious Diseases Positron emission tomography Biomedical Imaging Radiology Sternal osteomyelitis business Infection 030217 neurology & neurosurgery 4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies
Zdroj:	Cureus, vol 12, iss 11 Cureus
Popis:	Several nuclear imaging techniques can be used to diagnose infectious and inflammatory processes. F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is a useful diagnostic technique to detect inflammation and infection quickly and accurately. We report the case of a patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and recurrent bacterial infections where FDG PET/CT was used to identify the source of infection as sternal osteomyelitis and rule out suspected infection of the aortic valve prosthesis.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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