title: [Chronic abdominal aortic graft infection : Detection with 18F-FDG-PET/CT].
abstract: A 67-year-old male patient presented with recurrent fever and septic emboli due to an aorto-duodenal fistula after previous aortobiiliac bypass grafting with suspected graft infection. Imaging by ultrasound, computed tomography scan (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could not confirm graft infection. A scan using 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-[18F]-d-glucose positron emission tomography CT (18F-FDG-PET/CT) revealed a pathological uptake. The bifurcated graft was removed und revascularization was performed by axillobifemoral bypass grafting. The clinical role of CT scanning with 18F-FDG-PET/CT is discussed including a review of the recent literature.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gefässchirurgie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg. karl.kilk@gmx.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kilk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hyhlik-Dürr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Afshar-Oromieh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Böckler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D020878:Device Removal; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae; D007925:Leriche Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18