Usefulness of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography angiography in a patient with blood culture-negative prosthetic valve endocarditis complicated with perivalvular abscess: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a life-threatening systemic infection involving a high mortality rate and severe complications, including perivalvular abscess. Early diagnosis and detection of PVE continue to be challenging in clinical settings.

Case summary

A 64-year-old man with a history of mechanical aortic valve implantation 12 years prior was referred to our hospital with a major complaint of high fever and was admitted. Although results of three blood culture tests at admission were negative, transthoracic echocardiography, and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) were performed to exclude the possibility of PVE; both, however, were inconclusive. Subsequently, ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (

SUBMITTER: Miura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6939801 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature