Open AccessDiagnostic utility of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in pyrexia of unknown origin
Author(s) -
Nidhi Singh,
Rakesh Kumar,
Arun Malhotra,
Ashu Seith Bhalla,
Uma Kumar,
Rita Sood
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.158528
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , radiology , computed tomography , fluorodeoxyglucose , positron emission tomography computed tomography , positron emission , nuclear medicine , tomography , abdomen
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the diagnostic utility of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-18 FDG PET/CT) in patients presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO).