Título : Utilidad diagnóstica de la tomografía por emisión de positrones con flúor-18-fluorodesoxiglucosa (18F-FDG PET/TAC) en enfermedades infecciosas |
Autor : García Zaragoza, Tania |
Tutor: Jover Díaz, Francisco Mariano Peris García, Juan Jorge  |
Editor : Universidad Miguel Hernández |
Departamento: Departamentos de la UMH::Medicina Clínica |
Fecha de publicación: 2024-04-29 |
URI : https://hdl.handle.net/11000/34037 |
Resumen :
INTRODUCCIÓN: la técnica de imagen 18 Flúor-Fluorodesoxiglucosa tomografía por emisión de
positrones/tomografía computarizada (18F-FDG PET/TC) combina la tomografía por emisión de
positrones (PET) y la tomografía computarizada (TC) presentando gran utilidad en el
diagnóstico, estadiaje y seguimient... Ver más
BACKGROUND: Imaging technique 18 Fluorine-Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) combines positron emission tomography
(PET) and computed tomography (CT) and presents great utility in the diagnosis, staging and
follow-up of neoplasms. However, its usefulness in diagnosing and managing infectious processes
is still being studied. Compared to other imaging techniques, it has some advantages, such as
accuracy in detecting sources of infection or the overall patient assessment, although it also has
limitations.
OBJECTIVE: Our main objective is to demonstrate the usefulness of the 18F-FDG PET/CT test in
different infectious indications and analyze the diagnostic value and its correlation with suspected
diagnoses. Secondary endpoints were included to evaluate the usefulness of PET/CT in the
clinical management of patients and predictors of PET/CT positivity.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: This retrospective study analyzed data from 89 patients, most of
whom were male (71.9%), with a mean age of 64.5 years old. Predominant symptoms include fever (68.5%) and respiratory symptoms (38.2%). The most common previous complementary tests
performed were microbiological (89.9%) and imaging (94.4%). Indications for PET/CT were fever
of unknown origin (27%), focal infections (20.2%), bacteremia (34.8%), and
immunocompromised patients (18%). Results showed diagnostic confirmation in 60.7% of cases.
Evaluation of its usefulness (confirmation and unexpected findings) reached 76.4%. Only 9.5% of
patients without an initial diagnosis after PET/CT obtained a confirmatory diagnosis later. In the
subgroup study, fever of unknown origin was associated with a lower probability of confirmation
and usefulness, while focal infection was associated with a higher probability of diagnosis
confirmation. Nevertheless, after performing a multivariate analysis these associations were not
maintained, due to the limited sample size.
CONCLUSION: Diagnostic confirmation is significantly better in patients with focal infection,
trying to provide with our work a subgroup analysis to optimize the diagnostic yield of PET/CT in
some specific indications of infectious diseases.
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Palabras clave/Materias: 18F-FDG PET/TC Infecciones FOD Bacteriemia Confirmación diagnóstica Utilidad Infections Bacteraemia Diagnostic confirmation Usefulness |
Área de conocimiento : CDU: Ciencias aplicadas: Medicina |
Tipo de documento : info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis |
Derechos de acceso: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Aparece en las colecciones: TFG- Medicina
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