| Literature DB >> 33477267 |
Alfred O Ankrah1,2,3, Dina Creemers-Schild4, Bart de Keizer5, Hans C Klein1, Rudi A J O Dierckx1, Thomas C Kwee1, Lambert F R Span6, Pim A de Jong5, Mike M Sathekge2, Andor W J M Glaudemans1.
Abstract
Anatomy-based imaging methods are the usual imaging methods used in assessing invasive fungal infections (IFIs). [18F]FDG PET/CT has also been used in the evaluation of IFIs. We assessed the added value of [18F]FDG PET/CT when added to the most frequently used anatomy-based studies in the evaluation of IFIs. The study was conducted in two University Medical Centers in the Netherlands. Reports of [18F]FDG PET/CT and anatomy-based imaging performed within two weeks of the [18F]FDG PET/CT scan were retrieved, and the presence and sites of IFI lesions were documented for each procedure. We included 155 [18F]FDG PET/CT scans performed in 73 patients. A total of 216 anatomy-based studies including 80 chest X-rays, 89 computed tomography studies, 14 magnetic resonance imaging studies, and 33 ultrasound imaging studies were studied. The anatomy-based studies were concordant with the [18F]FDG PET/CT for 94.4% of the scans performed. [18F]FDG PET/CT detected IFI lesions outside of the areas imaged by the anatomy-based studies in 48.6% of the scans. In 74% of the patients, [18F]FDG PET/CT added value in the management of the IFIs.Entities:
Keywords: CT; MRI; PET; chest X-ray; invasive fungal infections; ultrasound
Year: 2021 PMID： 33477267 PMCID： PMC7830875 DOI： 10.3390/diagnostics11010137
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagnostics (Basel) ISSN： 2075-4418