Detection of osteomyelitis using FDG and positron emission tomography.
A positron emission tomography (PET) scan with 2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)FDG) was performed on a patient with clinical and laboratory signs of infection after a removed hip prosthesis but with indistinct signs on the bone scan and radiographs. The PET scan confirmed the clinical and laboratory signs and revealed an unidentified focus of infection in the distal area of the right femur.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, PET Centre, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Temmerman
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D000328:Adult; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18