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  • Title: [A search for the focus in patients with fever of unknown origin: is positron-emission tomography with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose helpful?].
    Author: Lorenzen J, Buchert R, Bleckmann C, Münchow N, Bohuslavizki KH.
    Journal: Rofo; 1999 Jul; 171(1):49-53. PubMed ID: 10464505.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Search for focus in patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO). MATERIAL AND METHODS: In four patients with the above mentioned problem, F-18-FDG-PET was performed, following the common imaging methods, which were without evidence for a focus. RESULTS: The origin of FUO was verified in all patients by PET: Tuberculosis, pneumocystis-carinii pneumonia, chronic inflammatory hematoma, aortitis. CONCLUSION: Successful implementation of F-18-FDG-PET as additional imaging method in patients with FUO seems reasonable. This has to be verified by further prospective studies.
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