Comparison of detection of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and 99mTc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime labelled leukocyte scintigraphy for an aortic graft infection

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Jan;10(1):142-3. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.215707. Epub 2009 Oct 26.

Abstract

To compare F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG-PET) and (99m)Tc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime ((99m)TC-HMPAO) labelled leukocyte scintigraphy for the diagnosis of vascular graft infection. A thoraco-abdominal CT-angiography and a (99m)TC-HMPAO labelled leukocyte scintigraphy did not show any graft infection in this case report whereas an F-18 FDG-PET showed a metabolic uptake around and all along the vascular graft. Further comparison between these two explorations is needed since the two techniques have not been compared in vascular graft infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / etiology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
  • Aortography / methods
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications
  • Behcet Syndrome / surgery
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
  • Community Mental Health Services
  • Device Removal
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Leukocytes / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Reoperation
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime