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        <journal-title>British Journal of Medical and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">BJMHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2394-2967</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">BJMHR0311007</article-id>
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        <article-title>UTILITY OF FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE-POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (FDG-PET) SCAN  IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY CAUSES OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kulkarni</surname>
            <given-names>Ashwin</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>T</surname>
            <given-names>Anil Kumar</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>N.G</surname>
            <given-names>Ashwini</given-names>
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      <aff id="aff1">ASSISTANT PROFESSOR , DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE , M.S.RAMAIH MEDICAL COLLEGE , BANGALORE ,INDIA</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Senior Professor Department of Medicine, M.S.Ramaiah Medical college Bangalore</aff>
      <aff id="aff3">Post graduate student , Department of Medicine M.S.Ramaiah Medical College Bangalore</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2016-11-01">
        <month>11</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2016</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>11</issue>
      <abstract>
        <p>Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a major diagnostic challenge worldwide. Causes of FUO range from infectious diseases to malignancies and sometimes inflammatory disorders. There have been major advances made in various diagnostic fields which help in diagnosis of FUO.  FDG-PET (Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron emission tomography) scans are being found helpful in diagnosing many rare causes of FUO. Here we present a rare case of FUO in which we could arrive at the diagnosis after the PET scan which showed Aorto-arteritis. Hence we concluded that PET scans may be used in diagnosing non-infectious and inflammatory causes of FUO where the preliminary investigations could not help in the diagnosis.</p>
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        <kwd>â€“ FDG-PET scan â€“Fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography</kwd>
        <kwd>Aorto-arteritis</kwd>
        <kwd>FUO- Fever of unknown origin</kwd>
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