Synopses & Reviews
This book contains the original manuscripts, with summaries and diagnostic flow-charts, of speakers of the EANM 2001 post-congress meeting held in Capri, Italy, which examined management issues of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, orthopaedic infections, vascular prosthesis infection, FUO and endocarditis, rheumatoid arthritis, and neurological infections. Nuclear medicine doctors attended together with radiologists and clinical specialists from different fields (gastroenterologists, orthopaedics, vascular surgeons, internal medicine doctors, rheumatologists, neurologists). The topics discussed in the book are of great importance for clinicians, nuclear medicine doctors and radiologists. At the end of each chapter, the commonly agreed diagnostic flow-charts for the management of patients with inflammation/infection are published.
Synopsis
As chairman of the European Association of Nuclear Medi cine (EANM) 2001 annual meeting, I tried to reach two goals: a "universal nuclear medicine" congress where all people could speak and learn using the same language, and a full exploration of the possibility of making a diagnosis through global imaging. I am personally convinced that nuclear med icine techniques in the detection of infection and inflamma tion are essential, and in the near future their role and clinical impact will be impressive. As stated during the meeting, this topic will be one of the major and expanding fields of interest for nuclear medicine. During the post-congress meetings organized in Capri by Alberto Signore and Mauro Liberatore for each topic, there was a leading expert for the clinical, radiological and nuclear medicine aspects. This interaction was crucial for the quality of the discussion and the definition of flow charts that will be useful for all the medical community. These meetings, where for each topic there is full coverage of all the aspects of imaging, are, in my opinion, the most fruitful and useful for the progression and diffusion of nu clear medicine procedures. May 2002 Prof. Marco Salvatore Chairman of the EANM Congress 2001 Some 35 years ago, a French singer sold millions of records with a song, trying to tell the world "Capri c'est fini" - Capri is over."
Table of Contents
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: The gastroenterologist's update. The radiologist's point of view. The use of radiolabelled cytokines for in vivo evaluation of inflammatory activity. Radiolabelled white blood cells in inflammatory bowel diseases. The use of radiolabelled monoclonal antibodies.
Orthopaedic Infections: The orthopaedic surgeon's update on prosthesis infection. Painful joint prostheses. Imaging with Tc-99m-Ciprofloxacin, Infecton.
Fever of unknown origin and endocarditis: The nuclear medicine point of view. Nuclear medicine for the delineation of endocarditis.
Vascular Prosthesis Infections: The vascular surgeon's update. The radiologist's point of view. 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leukocyte scan and CT in the diagnosis of vascular graft infection.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: 99mTc-labelled human immunoglobulin scintigraphy. The use of Somatostatin analogs.
Neurological Infections: White blood cell scintigraphy in neurosurgery infections. The neuroradiologist's point of view. Routine assessment of infectious brain pathology.