Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter and cerebral spinal fluid infection initially detected by FDG PET/CT scan

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 464-465

  Wan, David Q ^a   Joseph, Usha A ^a   Barron, Bruce J ^a   Caram, Pedro ^b   Nguyen, Alex P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery Memorial Hermann System   (United States)

^c Department of Oncology Consultants ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Fluorodeoxyglucose; Infection; Position emission tomography; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PELVIS; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONITIS; SCALP; SHUNT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WHOLE BODY CT;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; PERITONITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCALP; SPINAL CANAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 67650587356     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181a7d182     Document Type: Article

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