Comparison Between 99mTc-Sulesomab and 18F-FDG PET/CT in a Patient With Suspected Prosthetic Joint Infection

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jun;41(6):e298-300. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001217.

Abstract

Diagnosing prosthetic joint infection is difficult; clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, radiography, and joint aspiration are less sensitive and specific. We report a patient with fever and painful bilateral hip prosthesis, who underwent Tc-sulesomab scan showing moderate tracer uptake at the lateral surface of the right thigh and no signs of prosthesis infection. The F-FDG-PET/CT showed high uptake at the soft tissue of the right hip prosthesis and detected a fistula. Moreover PET/CT discovered an initial bone marrow involvement at the right femur. The subsequent fistulography confirmed the fistula, and the patient underwent definitive fistulotomy successfully.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Hip Prosthesis / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Sulesomab