Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with fever of unknown origin

Y. J. Kim; S. I. Kim; K. W. Hong; M. W. Kang

doi:10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02828.x

Diagnostic value of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in patients with fever of unknown origin

Y. J. Kim
, S. I. Kim
, K. W. Hong
, M. W. Kang

Division of Infectious Disease

Catholic Univ. of Korea Coll. Med.

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Abstract

This study investigates the diagnostic value of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ( ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT) in patients with 109 classical fever of unknown origin (FUO). Of the 48 ¹⁸F-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%). ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT contributed to the final diagnosis of FUO in 65.8%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	834-837
Number of pages	4
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	42
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02828.x
State	Published - Jul 2012

Keywords

Fever of unknown origin
Fluorodeoxyglucose
PET/CT

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