Table 2 Main indications for FDG-PET
Case | Sex | Age | Main symptoms and indications for FDG-PET | Other imaging tests performed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | F | 60 | Relapsing fever, with abdominal discomfort, not responsive to short-term antibiotic therapy; high CRP. | US; CT scan with contrast media (3 complicated liver cysts) |
2 | M | 77 | Relapsing high fever, increased serum creatinine and CRP. | US; CT scan without contrast media |
3* | F | 68 | Low-grade fever, relapsing after short cycles of antibiotics; vague abdominal discomfort, malaise, weight loss. | US |
4 | M | 83 | Low-grade fever, abdominal pain; anaemia; increased serum creatinine and CRP, malaise, weight loss. | US; CT scan without contrast media |
5 | F | 55 | Worsening of the usual vague abdominal complaints; mild increase in CRP. | US; CT scan without contrast media |
6 | F | 65 | Occasional low-grade fever, abdominal discomfort and pain enhanced by prolonged standing; malaise, weight loss. | US |
7 | F | 81 | High grade fever; flank pain; symptoms of lower UTI | US; CT scan without contrast media |
8 | M | 71 | Referred after hospitalization in a different setting for fever and upper UTI; FDG-PET after 1 month of antibiotics to assess the presence of residual disease or indication for cyst drainage. | US; CT scan with and without contrast media |
9 | F | 63 | Differential diagnosis between infectious and neoplastic complication in acquired cystic disease. | US; CT scan without contrast media |
10 | F | 68 | Fever at hospitalization with abdominal pain and macrohematuria; lower urinary tract infection. | US; CT scan without contrast media |