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. 2024 Jan 4;14(1):65. doi: 10.3390/jpm14010065

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¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT of a 48-year-old man with implanted PM, with suspected CIEDI for therapy-resistant hyperpyrexia and positive blood culture for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (A) MIP, (B) axial PET, (C) axial fusion, (D) coronal fusion, and (E) sagittal fusion images demonstrate the presence of intense hyperaccumulation of ¹⁸F-FDG along the pericardial part of the lead (SUV_max 25.5) (red arrows). The patient underwent extraction of the device and microbiological analysis confirmed the bacterial infection.