[Diagnosis of fever of unknown origin (FUO). Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT)]. / Diagnostik bei Fieber unklarer Genese (FUO) - Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie/Computertomographie(PET-CT).
Dtsch Med Wochenschr
; 134(42): 2120-4, 2009 Oct.
Article
in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19809962
ABSTRACT
Nuclear medicine imaging is now well accepted for the localization of septic foci. But in patients the results of infection scintigraphy, radiology and ultrasound remain unsatisfactory in the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin (FUO). In contrast to septic infections, patients with FUO - mostly in elderly patients - tend to have such conditions as occult tumours, atypical pneumonia, hematoblastosis, malignant lymphomas. (18)F(Fluor-18)-Fluordeoxyglucose-PET ((18)F-FDG PET) has made it possible to localize symptomatically occult changes with a high diagnostic accuracy and to achieve differentiation between benign and malignant changes.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sepsis
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Fever of Unknown Origin
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
De
Journal:
Dtsch Med Wochenschr
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article