Comparison of detection of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and 99mTc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime labelled leukocyte scintigraphy for an aortic graft infection
To compare F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG-PET) and Tc-99m-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime ((TC)-T-99m-HMPAO) labelled leukocyte scintigraphy for the diagnosis of vascular graft infection. A thoraco-abdominal CT-angiography and a (TC)-T-99m-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. (c) 2010 Published by European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.