Comment on “Usefulness of the FDG PET/CT in the management of cystic echinococcosis: A pilot study”

•Cystic echinococcosis is a neglected disease with a complex clinical management, requiring interdisciplinary knowledge.•Currently, no uninvasive method to assess the biological viability of echinococcal cysts is available.•The study presents PET-CT as a potential tool for viability assessment based...

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Published inActa tropica Vol. 238; p. 106775
Main Authors Manciulli, T., Tamarozzi, F., D'Alessandro, G.L., Gruener, B., Brunetti, E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2023
Subjects
Alveolar echinococcosis
Clinical management
Cyst viability
Cystic echinococcosis
Echinococcosis - diagnostic imaging
Echinococcosis - drug therapy
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
PET-CT
Pilot Projects
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Positron-Emission Tomography
Cyst viability
PET-CT
Cystic echinococcosis
Clinical management
Alveolar echinococcosis
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ISSN0001-706X
1873-6254
1873-6254
DOI10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106775

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Summary:•Cystic echinococcosis is a neglected disease with a complex clinical management, requiring interdisciplinary knowledge.•Currently, no uninvasive method to assess the biological viability of echinococcal cysts is available.•The study presents PET-CT as a potential tool for viability assessment based on previous studies on alveolar echinococcosis but the studied cohort appears inadequate to such aim.•Based on knowledge on the use of PET-CT in alveolar echinococcosis, a  more rational aim would be to evaluate the performance of PET-CT as a mean to assess complications, rather than cyst viability.
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ISSN:0001-706X
1873-6254
1873-6254
DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106775