The role of 18F-FDG PET or PET/CT in the detection of fever of unknown origin

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3524-3529

  Qiu, Lin ^a   Chen, Yue ^a  

^a THE AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fever of unknown origin (FUO); Fludeoxyglucose ( 18F FDG) positron emission tomography (PET); Positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET CT)

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PREDNISOLONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERITIS; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; PELVIS ABSCESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84867033568     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.05.025     Document Type: Review

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