Skin tumour resulting from late infection of a thoracic aortic prosthetic graft diagnosed by FDG-PET/CT
Graft infections are serious complications associated with significant morbidity and mortality.[1][1] Accurate diagnosis of graft infections is challenging and depends on a combination of clinical symptoms and imaging results. The effectiveness of positron emission tomography-CT (PET/CT) in
Authors
- Satoru Tobinaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-3242)
- Takanori Kono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7984-8706)
- Eiji Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1791-2751)
- Hirotoshi Tsuru
Institutions
- St Mary's Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-262620
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00