Diagnosis of Fungal Infection (Candida albicans) After Heart Transplantation in a Pediatric Case with Fever of Unknown Origin: Role of 99mTc-UBI SPECT/CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT

• Published in: Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 155 - 158
• Main Authors: Malek, Hadi, Hedayati, Raheleh, Maghsudi, Mahdi, Yaghoobi, Nahid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.06.2023; Springer Nature B.V; 대한핵의학회
• Subjects: Cardiology; Case Report; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Fever; Fluorine isotopes; Fungi; Imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Orthopedics; Patients; Positron emission; Radiology; Transplantation; 방사선과학; FUO; Computed Tomography; Fungal Infection; Positron Emission Tomography

The diagnosis of patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO) in pediatric heart transplantation is a challenging medical problem. The physician should differentiate between rejections, infections, malignancy, adrenal insufficiency, and drug fever. Immunosuppressive therapy in these patients exposes...