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PET/Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Fever of Unknown Origin and Infectious/Inflammatory Disease in Pediatric Patients

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2020-07-01

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Review

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18799809
15568598

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10.1016/j.cpet.2020.03.002

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2-s2.0-85085556486

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Mahidol University

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PET Clinics. Vol.15, No.3 (2020), 361-369

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Wichana Chamroonrat PET/Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Fever of Unknown Origin and Infectious/Inflammatory Disease in Pediatric Patients. PET Clinics. Vol.15, No.3 (2020), 361-369. doi:10.1016/j.cpet.2020.03.002 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/58088

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PET/Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Fever of Unknown Origin and Infectious/Inflammatory Disease in Pediatric Patients

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Wichana Chamroonrat

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Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

Abstract

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Fever in children is common. If it persists and its cause cannot be identified in a reasonable time, along with laboratory and conventional imaging investigations, it is defined as fever of unknown origin (FUO). 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) is well established in the evaluation of malignancy, which is a possible cause of FUO. FDG often locates inflammatory and infectious lesions considered nonspecific or false-positive for oncology; however, these findings are beneficial in FUO evaluation because infectious and inflammatory diseases are important FUO causes. FDG-PET/CT is being increasingly used for investigation of FUO as well as infectious/inflammatory disease.

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Medicine
 Physics and Astronomy

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