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18F-FDG PET/CT in the Diagnostic Workup of Fever and Inflammatory Syndromes of Unknown Origin in the Elderly: A Valuable Tool with a Need for Clinical Finesse
Emmanuel Andres1,*, Alessio Imperiale2, Thierry Lavigne3, Noel Lorenzo Villalba1
- 1Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 STRASBOURG, France
- 2Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 STRASBOURG, France
- 3Département de Santé Publique, Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 STRASBOURG, France
Corresponding Author
Emmanuel Andres, emmanuel.andres@chru-strasbourg.fr
Received Date: May 13, 2025
Accepted Date: November 30, 2025
Andres E, Imperiale A, Lavigne T, Lorenzo-villalba N. 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Diagnostic Workup of Fever and Inflammatory Syndromes of Unknown Origin in the Elderly: A Valuable Tool with a Need for Clinical Finesse. J Cell Immunol. 2025;7(5):185–187.
Copyright: © 2025 Andres E, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
18F-FDG PET/CT, Fever of unknown origin, Inflammatory syndrome of unknown origin, Elderly patients, Diagnostic imaging, Therapeutic impact
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