hepatosplenic candidiasis is a fungal infection, which mostly affects patientswith hematologic malignancies such as leukemia. the pathogenesis of thisinfection is not clear yet, and the liver is the most commonly affected organ.diagnosis of hepatosplenic candidiasis can be only established via biopsy,since computed tomography (ct) scan, ultrasonography, and magneticresonance imaging (mri) yield...

herein, we report the f-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18f-fdg) positron emission tomography (pet)/computed tomography (ct) findings of a benign solitary fibrous tumor (sft) of the kidney. the patient was a 63-year-old woman with a mass in the right kidney (10×9.7 cm), incidentally found on ct images. the ct scan showed a lobulated tumor arising from the hilum of the right kidney. the tumor consisted o...

It was hypothesized that fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on post-treatment follow-up positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET CT; using PET CT to monitor and rule out recurrence and metastasis of head and neck carcinoma) would be useful for detecting and understanding the disease state of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaw. The present study included 14 patients who developed...

18F-FDG PET plays an increasing role in diagnosis and management planning of head and neck cancer. Hybrid PET/CT has promoted the field of molecular imaging in head and neck cancer. This modality is particular relevant in the head and neck region, given the complex anatomy and variable physiologic FDG uptake patterns. The vast majority of 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT applications in head and neck can...

OBJECTIVE Because the detection of the primary tumour is of importance to optimize the patient's management and allows a targeted therapy, the performance of hybrid positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) using fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in the detection of primary tumors and unrecognized metastases with cervical lymph node metastases were evaluated in a retrospective study. M...

OBJECTIVE Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by necrotizing granulomatous inflammation and small vessel vasculitis that primarily involves the upper airways, lungs, and kidneys. F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is an imaging technique that is increasingly used in the evaluation of patients with other types of vasculi...

UNLABELLED Gram-positive bacteremia has a high morbidity and mortality rate of approximately 30%. Delayed diagnosis of clinically silent metastatic infectious foci is an important indicator for a complicated outcome. (18)F-FDG PET/CT allows detection of focal infection, resulting in lower relapse rates and mortality. Here, we present a cost-effectiveness analysis associated with introduction of...

Purpose This study evaluated the potential of 68Ga-citrate positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the detection of infectious foci in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia by comparing it with 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT. Methods Four patients admitted to hospital due to S. aureus bacteraemia underwent both 18F-FDG and 68Ga-citrate whole-b...

AIMS Whole body imaging with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) has proven useful in various infectious diseases. The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the diagnostic yield of FDG PET/CT in patients with cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 21 patients with CIED infection were prospec...

BACKGROUND Fluorine-18 deoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/ CT) and bone scintigraphy (BS) are widely used for the detection of bone involvement. The optimal imaging modality for the detection of bone metastases in hormone receptor positive (+) and negative (-) groups of breast cancer remains ambiguous. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-two patients with breas...