Vascular general (ICVTS only)
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Comparison of detection of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and 99mTc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime labelled leukocyte scintigraphy for an aortic graft infection
Emmanuel Gardet 1,
Ramsi Addas 1,
Jacques Monteil 1,
Alexandre Le Guyader 1*
1 Dupuytren University Hospital, University of Limoges, France
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: alexandre.le-guyader{at}unilim.fr.
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To compare F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG-PET) and 99mTC-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTC-HMPAO) labelled leukocyte scintigraphy for the diagnosis of vascular graft infection. A thoraco-abdominal CT-angiography and a 99mTC-HMPAO labelled leukocyte scintigraphy did not show any graft infection in this case report whereas a F-18 FDG-PET showed a metabolic uptake around and all along the vascular graft. Further comparison between these two explorations is needed since the two techniques have not been compared in vascular graft infection. Keywords: Vascular graft infection; CT-scan; 99mTC-HMPAO labelled leukocyte scintigraphy; F-18 FDG-PET
