18F-FDG PET finding of an inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm leading to fatal rupture: case report

ŘEHÁK, Zdeněk, Petr SZTURZ, Hana HLADKÁ, Jiří VANÍČEK and Jaroslav STANÍČEK. 18F-FDG PET finding of an inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm leading to fatal rupture: case report. Nuclear Medicine Review. Polsko: Via Medica, 2013, vol. 16, No 1, p. 42-44. ISSN 1506-9680. doi:10.5603/NMR.2013.0008.

Basic information

• Original name: 18F-FDG PET finding of an inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm leading to fatal rupture: case report
• Authors: ŘEHÁK, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Petr SZTURZ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Hana HLADKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří VANÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jaroslav STANÍČEK (203 Czech Republic).
• Edition: Nuclear Medicine Review, Polsko, Via Medica, 2013, 1506-9680.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 30200 3.2 Clinical medicine
• Country of publisher: Poland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14110/13:00067773
• Organization unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/NMR.2013.0008
• UT WoS: 000216759300008
• Keywords in English: abdominal aorta; abdominal aorta aneurysm; adult; aorta disease; article; autopsy; case report
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) is routinely used mainly for diagnostics and monitoring of many oncological diseases. However, fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose as a radiopharmaceutical is not an exclusively tumour-specific tracer and numerous inflammatory diseases may be evaluated as well. An inflammatory lesion showing high 18F-FDG accumulation is likely to have high metabolic activity. Herein we report a case of a man, who presented with low-back pain and increased acute-phase proteins due to inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm.