Detection of Mycotic Aneurysms of Lower Limbs by Whole-Body (18)F-FDG-PET

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Jul;8(7):859-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.10.019.

Authors

Nidaa Mikail¹, Khadija Benali¹, Phalla Ou², Jerome Slama¹, Fabien Hyafil¹, Dominique Le Guludec¹, Francois Rouzet³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.
² Department of Radiology, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, AP-HP, France.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. Electronic address: francois.rouzet@bch.aphp.fr.

PMID: 26183557
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.10.019

No abstract available

Keywords: FDG PET; infective endocarditis; mycotic aneurysm.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, Infected / diagnostic imaging*
Aneurysm, Infected / etiology
Endocarditis / complications
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Leg / blood supply*
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18