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Diagnosis of vascular prosthesis infection with FDG-PET/CT

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1 Diagnosis of vascular prosthesis infection with FDG-PET/CT
Petr Štádler, Otakar Bìlohlávek, Miroslav Špaček, Pavel Michálek  Journal of Vascular Surgery  Volume 40, Issue 6, Pages (December 2004) DOI: /j.jvs Copyright © 2004 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Computed tomography scan of right thigh shows no specific signs of vascular graft infection except for a partially developed nonspecific hypodense faint rim around some parts of graft. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2004 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Positron emission tomography scan demonstrates intense abnormal fluorodeoxyglucose uptake from groin to knee. Uptake is more prominent in central part of thigh. On FDG-PET/CT fused image, focus is precisely localized to vascular graft. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2004 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions


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