Rosanna Del Carmen Zambrano-Infantino, Jean Félix Piñerúa-Gonsálvez, Noelia Alvarez-Mena, Sandra Izquierdo-Santervás, Noelia Alcaide, Maria Garcia-Aragon, Ricardo Ruano-Pérez
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Abstract
The fever of unknown origin (FUO) represents a complex diagnostic challenge due to the wide range of etiologies that could cause it, including neoplastic, infectious, rheumatic/inflammatory, and miscellaneous disorders. Several nuclear medicine techniques have proven to be valuable tools for guiding etiologic diagnosis in the setting of FUO. One of these is technetium-99m (Tc-99m)-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (HMPAO)-labeled leukocyte scintigraphy, which is a diagnosis method that allows in most cases the localization and evaluation of the extension of an occult infection. This paper presents an uncommon case of pseudomembranous colitis without diarrhea as etiology of FUO diagnosed by Tc-99m-HMPAO-labeled leukocytes.
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Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy (Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther, MIRT) is publishes original research articles, invited reviews, editorials, short communications, letters, consensus statements, guidelines and case reports with a literature review on the topic, in the field of molecular imaging, multimodality imaging, nuclear medicine, radionuclide therapy, radiopharmacy, medical physics, dosimetry and radiobiology.
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