FDG-PET/CT Identifies Inflammatory Activity and Presence of Fistula a Patient with Crohn's Disease

摘要

Crohn's Disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disorder which can lead to complications like fistulas, strictures and abscesses. It is difficult to differentiate between chronic fibrotic and acute inflammatory processes with current non-invasive and invasive methods. FDG-PET/CT might help to identify active inflammatory processes and morphological information via one examination. It is a case report of a 22 year old woman diagnosed with CD who experienced an abscess of the left psoas muscle after few years which had to be drained.