High [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in abdominal abscesses: a PET study.

Journal of computer assisted tomography ·Vol. 13 ·No. 5 ·1989-00-00 ·Pages 829-31

Tahara T, Ichiya Y, Kuwabara Y, Otsuka M, Miyake Y, Gunasekera R, Masuda K

Abstract

We report two cases of abdominal abscess displaying high uptake of [18F]fluorodeoxyglycose (FDG) by positron emission tomography (PET). Abdominal abscesses should be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal masses showing high FDG uptake in PET studies.

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging Abscess/diagnostic imaging Adult Deoxy Sugars Deoxyglucose/analogs & derivatives Diagnosis, Differential Female Fluorine Radioisotopes Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Humans Male Tomography, Emission-Computed

Chemicals

Deoxy Sugars Fluorine Radioisotopes Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Deoxyglucose

Authors & Affiliations

7 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Tahara T

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan.

Ichiya Y

Kuwabara Y

Otsuka M

Miyake Y

Gunasekera R

Masuda K

Article Info

Journal

Journal of computer assisted tomography

Abbr.

J Comput Assist Tomogr

ISSN

0363-8715

DOI

10.1097/00004728-198909000-00014

Published

1989-00-00

Pages

829-31

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7703942

Subset

External Links

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