UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION The incidence of neurosyphilis has declined markedly since the introduction of penicillin therapy. While there are a number of case reports in the literature of neurosyphilis causing focal decreased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans, to the best of our knowledge this is the first published report of neurosyphilis p...

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) has recently been added as a major criterion in the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2015 infective endocarditis guidelines. PET/CT is currently used patients with suspected prosthetic valve and cardiac device-related endocarditis. However, value ESC classification clinical impact PET findings are unkno...

an inflammatory pseudotumor (ipt) is a rare benign lesion, characterized by nonneoplastic proliferation of inflammatory cells and presence of intermingling collagen fibers. ipt commonly occurs in the lungs and orbita, while an intraspinal ipt is extremely rare. ipt can mimic both clinically and radiologically malignant processes, and making a definitive preoperative diagnosis is often difficult...

Neurolymphomatosis (NLY) is a type of rare disease with poor prognosis, characterized by infiltration of nerves, nerve roots and plexus. We report a case of 54-years old female patient non-diabetic and normotensive diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia presented with pain in the neck and arm and numbness in the ipsilateral hand. The patient underwent 18F fluorodeoxyglucose PET/...

Background: The role of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) in the surgical approach solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is still debated, as increased metabolic avidity lesion was not a sure sign malignancy. purpose this study to evaluate effectiveness 18F-FDG-PET/CT characterization SPN based on analysis most recent data literature.

Askin tumor is a rare disease which had previously been reported as being thallium-201 and gallium-67 avid. Varying data regarding 18F- fluorodeoxyglucose metabolism has been described with Ewing family of soft tissue tumors. In this case, we present a patient found to have an Askin tumor of the left chest wall which demonstrated indium-111 pentetreotide and technetium-99m MIBI avidity. The les...

BACKGROUND Preclinical data suggest that an acute inflammatory response following myocardial infarction (MI) accelerates systemic atherosclerosis. Using combined positron emission and computed tomography, we investigated whether this phenomenon occurs in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS Overall, 40 patients with MI and 40 with stable angina underwent thoracic 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose combined positr...

OBJECTIVE The metabolic test using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose is a useful tool for the management of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, either for staging purposes or for the evaluation of suspicious masses that can frequently occur after treatment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the value of the 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose test performed with a dual-head coincident gamma camera (CGC-PET w...

OBJECTIVE To identify the pathophysiologic mechanisms and clinical significance of anosognosia for cognitive decline in mild cognitive impairment. METHODS We stratified 468 patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment into intact and impaired awareness groups, determined by the discrepancy between the patient and the informant score on the Everyday Cognition questionnaire. Voxel-based lin...