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KMID : 1148920230570030155
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2023 Volume.57 No. 3 p.155 ~ p.158
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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
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Hadi Malek
Raheleh Hedayati
Mahdi Maghsudi
Nahid Yaghoobi
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Abstract
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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 them to a high risk of developing a post-transplantation fungal infection. In this case, we discuss the diagnostic contribution of the 99mTc-UBI scan and 18F-FDG PET scan for diagnosis of fungal infection causing FUO in these patients.
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KEYWORD
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FUO, Computed Tomography, Positron Emission Tomography, Fungal Infection
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