Diagnosis and evaluation of the treatment by PET-T.D.M. with 18 F.D.G. of the digestive origin of an infectious endocarditis complicated with stroke (C.V.A.)

(We report the case of a seventeen years old patient sent for an etiological evaluation of an endocarditis, complicated with a cerebral vascular accident, for who the results of conventional imaging examinations were negative. The PET T.D.M. with 18F.D.G. was realized for the detection of a front door. Effectively, this examination allowed to find a digestive front door in the frame of an infectious endocarditis and direct the complementary adequate explorations. The following of studies will allow to give correctly the contribution of the PET-T.D.M. in infectious and inflammatory pathologies, whether it is in terms of diagnosis, of extension assessment or therapeutic evaluation. (N.C.)