Unexpected and unique 18F-FDG PET/CT finding in a patient with prosthetic valves and septicaemia

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Oct 1;20(10):1181. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jez081.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Pyomyositis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pyomyositis / drug therapy
  • Pyomyositis / microbiology
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18