title: FDG Uptake Pattern on PET/CT Imaging in Non-Infectious Graft of a Patient with Operated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
abstract: Positron emission tomography using fluorodeoxyglucose is a well known diagnostic tool for routine assessment of the patients with carcinoma. Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake, as a marker of glucose metabolism, is increased in malignant conditions as well as infectious and inflammatory processes. In this case report, findings of postoperative changes in the graft on FDG PET/CT were presented in a patient on follow-up for operated renal cell carcinoma and aortic aneurysm graft surgery. The importance of the FDG uptake pattern has been pointed out for differential diagnosis of infectious and non-infectious conditions.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Selcuk University Selcuklu Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Pelin Özcan
authors.initials: PÖ
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Gonca Kara
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Gedik
authors.forename: Taylan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koçak
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varoğlu
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sarı
keywords: 18F-FDG; Renal cell carcinoma; positron-emission tomography/computed tomography; vascular grafting