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Diagnostic value of 18 F‐FDG PET/CT in patients with fever of unknown origin
Author(s) -
Kim Y. J.,
Kim S. I.,
Hong KW.,
Kang M. W.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02828.x
Subject(s) - fever of unknown origin , medicine , positron emission tomography , malignancy , nuclear medicine , computed tomography , radiology , positron emission tomography computed tomography , pathology
This study investigates the diagnostic value of 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ( 18 F‐FDG PET/CT) in patients with 109 classical fever of unknown origin (FUO). Of the 48 18 F‐FDG PET/CT scans, 41 (85.4%) were interpreted as abnormal, and 25 (52.1% of all scans) were considered clinically helpful. The final cause of fever was determined in 41 patients (85.4%); infection (25%), malignancy (12.5%), non‐infectious inflammatory disease (16.7%) and miscellaneous causes (31.3%). 18 F‐FDG PET/CT contributed to the final diagnosis of FUO in 65.8%.