18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron tomography in diagnosis of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Existing techniques for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in children are generally less than ideal. Positron tomography with fluorine-18-labelled fluorodeoxyglucose provides adequate information in patients with suspected inflammatory bowel disease.
Medical subject headings
- Colitis, Ulcerative
- Crohn Disease
- Fluorine Radioisotopes
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
- Tomography, Emission-Computed