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Fig. 3 | BMC Medical Imaging

Fig. 3

From: Findings in whole body MRI and conventional imaging in patients with fever of unknown origin-a retrospective study

Fig. 3

76-year-old patient with FUO suffering from occult sigmoid diverticulitis who underwent both wb-MRI and PET-CT. Coronal T2-STIR a and axial contrast enhanced T1-VIBE b images reveal sigmoid wall edema and perifocal fat-stranding in accordance with sigmoid diverticulitis. Coronal and axial FDG-PET-CT c, d display elevated tracer uptake of the sigmoid as sign of acute inflammation

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