title: Growing applications of FDG PET-CT imaging in non-oncologic conditions.
abstract: As the number of clinical applications of 2-[fluorine 18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) grows, familiarity with the conditions that can be diagnosed by this modality and when relevant pieces of additional information can be obtained becomes increasingly important for both requesting physicians and nuclear medicine physicians or radiologists who interpret the findings. Apart from its heavy use in clinical oncology, FDG PET-CT is widely used in a variety of non-oncologic conditions interconnecting to such disciplines as general internal medicine, infectious diseases, cardiology, neurology, surgery, traumatology, orthopedics, pediatrics, endocrinology, rheumatology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, and cognitive neuroscience. The aim of this review was to summarize the current evidence of FDG PET-CT applications in evaluating non-oncologic pathologies and the relevant information it can add to achieve a final diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A. ; Department of Radiology, Medpark International Hospital, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Nicolae Testemitanu", Chisinau, MD 2024, Republic of Moldova.
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Codreanu
keywords: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG); computed tomography (CT); infection; inflammation; non-oncologic; positron emission tomography (PET)