Lorenzen J, Buchert R, Bleckmann C, Münchow N, Bohuslavizki K H
Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik, Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Rofo. 1999 Jul;171(1):49-53. doi: 10.1055/s-1999-9892.
Search for focus in patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO).
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.
The origin of FUO was verified in all patients by PET: Tuberculosis, pneumocystis-carinii pneumonia, chronic inflammatory hematoma, aortitis.
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.
寻找不明原因发热（FUO）患者的病灶。
对4例存在上述问题的患者进行了F-18-FDG-PET检查，此前采用的常规影像学方法均未发现病灶。
通过PET检查确诊了所有患者FUO的病因：肺结核、卡氏肺孢子虫肺炎、慢性炎性血肿、主动脉炎。
在FUO患者中成功应用F-18-FDG-PET作为辅助影像学检查方法似乎是合理的。这有待进一步的前瞻性研究加以验证。
