Kelly C. Borden, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Phillip Jahyung Koo MD, Abstract Co-Author: Advisory Board, Bayer AG Research Consultant, Dendreon Corporation Speaker, Dendreon Corporation Consultant, Eli Lilly and Company Consultant, General Electric Company

Jennifer Jinyang Kwak MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Brian M. Bagrosky MD, MS, Abstract Co-Author: Research Consultant, Eli Lilly and Company

-Understand the utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the workup of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in the pediatric population. -Discuss important differences in the 18F-FDG PET/CT protocol for the pediatric patient from the adult patient. -Recognize the normal biodistribution of 18F-FDG in the pediatric patient. - Identify both common and rare non-malignant etiologies of FUO in the pediatric population. -Describe imaging pearls and potential imaging pitfalls in the work up of pediatric FUO with 18F-FDG PET/CT  

Review of the pediatric 18F-FDG PET/CT protocol  -Patient preparation  -Radiopharmaceutical dosing  -PET/CT scanning protocols  -Radiation dose comparisons -Normal physiologic and pathophysiologic FDG biodistribution in the healthy and septic pediatric patient, respectively Imaging examples of non-malignant etiologies of FUO by organ system with discussion of imaging pearls 
and potential imaging pitfalls - Central nervous system – Parietal lobe abscess, meningitis - Pulmonary – Pneumonia with loculated pleural effusion - Gastrointestinal – C. Difficile colitis - Genitourinary – Pyelonephritis, Pyonephrosis with obstructing staghorn calculus, tubo-ovarian abscess - Lymphatic/Hematological – Kikuchi’s disease, deep venous thrombosis - Musculoskeletal – CRMO, osteomyelitis  

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Borden, K, Koo, P, Kwak, J, Bagrosky, B, Utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Pediatric Patient: Imaging Review of Common and Rare Non-malignant Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin in the Pediatric Patient.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14007604.html