High [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in abdominal abscesses: a PET study
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T Tahara1, Y Ichiya, Y Kuwabara
1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|September 1, 1989
Abstract:
We report two cases of abdominal abscess displaying high uptake of [18F]fluorodeoxyglycose (FDG) by positron emission tomography (PET). Abdominal abscesses should be considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal masses showing high FDG uptake in PET studies.