Vascular Findings on FDG PET/CT

Overview

Journal Br J Radiol

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Radiology

Date 2020 May 2

PMID 32356457

Citations 4

Authors

Stephen Liddy

Andrew Mallia

Conor D Collins

Ronan P Killeen

Stephen Skehan

Jonathan D Dodd

Manil Subesinghe

David J Murphy

Affiliations

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Abstract

Since its introduction into clinical practice, 2-deoxy-2-[F]flu-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has become firmly established in the field of oncological imaging, with a growing body of evidence demonstrating its use in infectious and inflammatory vascular pathologies. This pictorial review illustrates the utility of FDG PET/CT as a diagnostic tool in the investigation of vascular disease and highlights some of the more common incidental vascular findings that PET reporters may encounter on standard oncology FDG PET/CTs, including atherosclerosis, large vessel vasculitis, complications of vascular grafts, infectious aortitis and acute aortic syndromes.

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