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Y J Kim1, S I Kim, K-W Hong, M W Kang.
Abstract
This study investigates the diagnostic value of (18) F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18) F-FDG PET/CT) in patients with 109 classical fever of unknown origin (FUO). Of the 48 (18) F-FDG PET/CT scans, 41 (85.4%) were interpreted as abnormal, and 25 (52.1% of all scans) were considered clinically helpful. The final cause of fever was determined in 41 patients (85.4%); infection (25%), malignancy (12.5%), non-infectious inflammatory disease (16.7%) and miscellaneous causes (31.3%). (18) F-FDG PET/CT contributed to the final diagnosis of FUO in 65.8%.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22805689 DOI： 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02828.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intern Med J ISSN： 1444-0903 Impact factor: 2.048