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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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Metabolic imaging as a novel strategy in evaluation of mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm: A case report and brief clinical review
Akshay Sharad Bedmutha, Natasha Singh, Divya Shivdasani
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Akshay Sharad Bedmutha
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim West, Mumbai - 400 016, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_81_17
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an uncommon entity with high mortality. Etiologically, they are classified as inflammatory and infective (mycotic), the latter being less common. Clinical presentation, laboratory investigations, and treatment for these may considerably overlap. However, choice of management and the need for surgical intervention depends on factors such as size and progression of aneurysm, persistent symptoms, and presence or absence of distant pathology. Although computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard for AAA, in selected cases, especially in infected AAA, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-CT can provide valuable information.
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