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Review
. 2005 Jan;43(1):121-34.
doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2004.07.005.

Applications of fluorodeoxyglucose-PET imaging in the detection of infection and inflammation and other benign disorders

Hongming Zhuang  1 , Jian Q Yu, Abass Alavi
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Review

Applications of fluorodeoxyglucose-PET imaging in the detection of infection and inflammation and other benign disorders

Hongming Zhuang et al. Radiol Clin North Am. 2005 Jan.

Abstract

FDG-PET has great potential in the evaluation of a variety of inflammatory and infectious disorders and possibly other benign disorders. FDG-PET is very helpful in the evaluation of chronic osteomyelitis, sarcoidosis, FUO, and differentiating toxoplasmosis from lymphoma in the central nervous system in HIV-positive patients. The assessment of efficacy of FDG-PET in the evaluation of arthroplasty-associated infection, large-vessel vasculitis, and other inflammatory and infectious disorders is ongoing but seems quite promising at this time.

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