PET Imaging of Infection and Inflammation, An Issue of PET Clinics

Download or read book PET Imaging of Infection and Inflammation, An Issue of PET Clinics written by Abass Alavi and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-04-28 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PET/CT holds great promise for the management of many types of infection and inflammation. This issue discusses many of these uses, starting with arthroplasty-associated infection. FDG PET/CT also has utility in inflammatory bowel disease. This issue also discusses the utilization of FDG PET and PET/CT in the evaluation of diabetic foot, and in monitoring therapeutic effect in patients without malignancy. PET/CT is reviewed regarding its use in patients with sarcoidosis or IgG4 disease. Also covered is the application of FDG PET/CT in detecting the source of fever of unknown origin. Artherosclerosis and vasculitis can be assessed by PET/CT and FDG PET/CT can also be used in the management of severe infection in patients with malignancies. Finally, the issue discusses the use of PET and PET/CT in the evaluation of osteomyelitis.