Fokussuche bei Patienten mit Fieber unklarer Genese: ist die Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie mit F-18-Fluordesoxyglukose hilfreich?

J Lorenzen; R Buchert; C Bleckmann; N Münchow; K H Bohuslavizki

doi:10.1055/s-1999-9892

Fokussuche bei Patienten mit Fieber unklarer Genese: ist die Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie mit F-18-Fluordesoxyglukose hilfreich?

J Lorenzen
R Buchert
C Bleckmann
N Münchow
K H Bohuslavizki

Related Research units

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Abstract

PURPOSE: Search for focus in patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO).

MATERIAL AND METHODS: In four patients with the above mentioned problem, F-18-FDG-PET was performed, following the common imaging methods, which were without evidence for a focus.

RESULTS: The origin of FUO was verified in all patients by PET: Tuberculosis, pneumocystis-carinii pneumonia, chronic inflammatory hematoma, aortitis.

CONCLUSION: Successful implementation of F-18-FDG-PET as additional imaging method in patients with FUO seems reasonable. This has to be verified by further prospective studies.

Bibliographical data

Translated title of the contribution	A search for the focus in patients with fever of unknown origin: is positron-emission tomography with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose helpful?
Original language	German
ISSN	1438-9029
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1999-9892
Publication status	Published - 07.1999

PubMed	10464505