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Imaging Infection and Inflammation in Children with 18F-FDG PET and 18F-FDG PET/CT

Sabah Servaes
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology September 2011, 39 (3) 179-182; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.111.088385

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    An 11-y-old boy with history of X-linked chronic granulomatous disease who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT as part of his work-up. Coronal PET image demonstrates several areas of osteomyelitis (both feet and distal right femur) (O), several soft-tissue sites of inflammation (left forearm, left femur, and both shins) (I), pneumonia (P), and paratracheal and hilar adenopathy (A).

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    FIGURE 2.

    A 13-y-old girl with Takayasu's vasculitis as demonstrated by this PET image showing uptake bilaterally in superficial femoral arteries (arrows). This patient also underwent CT angiography, MR angiography, and ultrasound demonstrating arterial wall thickening in same areas as seen on PET. She was treated with prednisone and responded well.

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