title: [The role of FDG PET/CT for detecting the cause of fever of unknown origin in a clinical case].
abstract: The fever of unknown origin from time to time constitutes a serious clinical problem and nearly all diagnostic methods are involved to discover urgently its cause. According to literature data (18)F-fluoro-deoxyglucose PET/CT was successful in 25-70% of cases even in patients without any positive findings with conventional diagnostic techniques. The Hungarian National Health Fund does not include fever of unknown origin in the list of reimbursed (18)F-fluoro-deoxyglucose PET/CT indications. The authors try to illustrate the clinical problem with this case report. Fever of unknown origin persisted in a patient for a year, but conventional diagnostic procedures were unsuccessful to find the cause of the fever. Finally, (18)F-fluoro-deoxyglucose PET/CT indicated a metabolically active focus between the pancreas tail and the spleen. After a long-lasting antibiotic therapy the patient became symptomfree.
authors.affiliation: ScanoMed Kft., Debrecen.
authors.forename: Bernadett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szucs
authors.forename: Edit
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talev
authors.forename: Ildikó
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Garai
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galuska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D015436:Panniculitis, Peritoneal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18