title: Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious vascular disease.
abstract: This review article discusses the utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in diagnosis and management of vascular disease. We stress usefulness of this method in large vessel inflammation and infection. In our work we based on the literature analysis and clinical cases diagnosed in our institution by use of 18F-FDG PET/CT. The literature exploration was focusing on vascular inflammation and infections and 18-FDG PET. The search was performed on PubMed database and cross referencing. We present the practical review with several images of vascular diseases like: Takayasu arteritis, giant cell arteritis, vascular graft infections, abdominal aortic aneurysm infections and cases of aortitis and periaortitis. From this work inflammation associated with atheromatic process and vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque we excluded. 18F-FGD PET/CT is a sensitive metabolic, reliable, non-invasive imaging modality suitable for diagnosis and follow-up of inflammation and infections in vascular system.
authors: Medical University of Lublin. beata.chrapko@wp.pl.
authors: Beata Ewa
authors: BE
authors: Chrapko
authors: Marek
authors: M
authors: Chrapko
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Nocuń
authors: Bogusław
authors: B
authors: Stefaniak
authors: Tomasz
authors: T
authors: Zubilewicz
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Drop
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: abdominal aortic aneurysm infections; aortitis; fluoro-deoxy-glucose; large vessel vasculitis; periaortitis; positron emission tomography; vascular graft infections