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An uncommon reason for weight loss
Conference Paper/Poster - May 30, 2018
Wassmer Philipp
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Citation
Wassmer P (2018). An uncommon reason for weight loss.
Type
Conference Paper/Poster (English)
Conference Name
SGAIM Frühjahrskongress 2018 (Basel)
Publication Date
May 30, 2018
Pages
137
Brief description/objective
Late infection (>4months since implantation) of vascular grafts often presents with unspecific symptoms and without raise of inflammatory markers. If there is a suspicion without radiologic correlation in MRI or CT, PET-CT may unveil the diagnosis with high sensitivity and specificity (98%, 75.6%).