Masked prosthetic graft to sigmoid colon fistula diagnosed by 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
The diagnosis of low grade prosthetic graft infection or aorto-enteric fistula is difficult using conventional radiographic imaging modalities. We report a case of aorto-enteric fistula to the sigmoid colon diagnosed by the new technique of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
Tsunekawa
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Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery.
Ogino
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Minatoya
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Matsuda
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Sasaki
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Fukuchi
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D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18