Pneumococcal aortitis, report of a case with emphasis on the contribution to diagnosis of positron emission tomography using fluorinated deoxyglucose.
We describe an 82-year-old male with pneumococcal aortitis of the descending aorta, visualized by echocardiography and positron emission tomography using fluorinated deoxyglucose (FDG-PET). Computed tomography is considered to be the best diagnostic imaging modality in infected aortic lesions; in this case, the use of FDG-PET, which gives the opportunity to distinguish between inflammatory and non-inflammatory aortic aneurysms, made an important contribution to the diagnosis.
Hoogendoorn
E H
EH
Department of Internal Medicine, 541, University Medical Center Nijmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. e.hoogendoorn@ENDO.umcn.nl
Oyen
W J G
WJ
van Dijk
A P J
AP
van der Meer
J W M
JW
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001025:Aortitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000254:growth & development*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D002981:Clindamycin; D010400:Penicillin G