Don’t perform PET/CT with [18F]FDG (Fluorodeoxyglucose) in suspected peripheral osteomyelitis and in differential diagnosing between acute and chronic infection.

Don’t use brain SPECT (Single photon emission computed tomography) with DAT (dopamine transporter) radiopharmaceuticals in the differential diagnosis of degenerative Parkinsonisms or to convince a patient with Parkinson’s disease that he/she is really affected with that disease.

by | Oct 17, 2018

Although some papers in the literature have shown mild to moderate striatal uptake differences between the several forms of degenerative Parkinsonisms at group level, there is a considerable overlap at individual level and thus it is very unlikely that brain SPECT...