[Chronic abdominal aortic graft infection : Detection with 18F-FDG-PET/CT]

Chirurg. 2010 Jul;81(7):653-6. doi: 10.1007/s00104-010-1886-6.
[Article in German]

Abstract

A 67-year-old male patient presented with recurrent fever and septic emboli due to an aorto-duodenal fistula after previous aortobiiliac bypass grafting with suspected graft infection. Imaging by ultrasound, computed tomography scan (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could not confirm graft infection. A scan using 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-[18F]-d-glucose positron emission tomography CT (18F-FDG-PET/CT) revealed a pathological uptake. The bifurcated graft was removed und revascularization was performed by axillobifemoral bypass grafting. The clinical role of CT scanning with 18F-FDG-PET/CT is discussed including a review of the recent literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aorta, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
  • Aortic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery
  • Aortography
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Device Removal
  • Duodenal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Duodenal Diseases / surgery
  • Enterococcus faecalis*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / surgery
  • Humans
  • Iliac Artery / surgery*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Fistula / surgery
  • Klebsiella Infections / diagnosis*
  • Klebsiella Infections / surgery
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae*
  • Leriche Syndrome / surgery*
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Vascular Fistula / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Fistula / surgery

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18