Nuclear Medicine in the Management of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases

As chairman of the European Association of Nuclear Medi­ cine (EANM) 2001 annual meeting, I tried to reach two goals: a "universal nuclear medicine" congress where all people could speak and learn using the same language, and a full exploration of the possibility of making a diagnosis through global imaging. I am personally convinced that nuclear med­ icine techniques in the detection of infection and inflamma­ tion are essential, and in the near future their role and clinical impact will be impressive. As stated during the meeting, this topic will be one of the major and expanding fields of interest for nuclear medicine. During the post-congress meetings organized in Capri by Alberto Signore and Mauro Liberatore for each topic, there was a leading expert for the clinical, radiological and nuclear medicine aspects. This interaction was crucial for the quality of the discussion and the definition of flow charts that will be useful for all the medical community. These meetings, where for each topic there is full coverage of all the aspects of imaging, are, in my opinion, the most fruitful and useful for the progression and diffusion of nu­ clear medicine procedures. May 2002 Prof. Marco Salvatore Chairman of the EANM Congress 2001 Some 35 years ago, a French singer sold millions of records with a song, trying to tell the world "Capri c'est fini" - Capri is over. Front Matter....Pages I-XIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Gastroenterologist’s Update on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases....Pages 3-11 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: The Radiologist’s Point of View....Pages 12-24 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: The Use of Radiolabelled Cytokines for In Vivo Evaluation of Inflammatory Activity....Pages 25-30 Radiolabelled White Blood Cells in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases....Pages 31-39 The Use of Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibodies in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases....Pages 40-46 First Round Table Discussion....Pages 47-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Orthopaedic Infections: The Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Update on Prosthesis Infection....Pages 53-57 Orthopaedic Infections: The Infectious Disease Specialist’s Point of View....Pages 58-60 Painful Joint Prostheses: The Role of Nuclear Medicine....Pages 61-69 The Nuclear Medicine Point of View in Orthopaedic Infections: Imaging with Tc-99m-Ciprofloxacin, Infecton....Pages 70-78 Second Round Table Discussion....Pages 79-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Fever of Unknown Origin and Endocarditis....Pages 85-90 Fever of Unknown Origin and Endocarditis: The Nuclear Medicine Point of View....Pages 91-97 Nuclear Medicine for the Delineation of Endocarditis....Pages 98-101 Third Round Table Discussion....Pages 102-104 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Vascular Prosthesis Infections: The Vascular Surgeon’s Update....Pages 107-113 Infection of Vascular Prostheses: The Radiologist’s Point of View....Pages 114-119 Nuclear Medicine Techniques in the Diagnosis of Vascular Prosthesis Infections: An Introduction....Pages 120-122 Imaging Vascular Prosthesis Infections: The Nuclear Medicine Point of View....Pages 123-127 99m Tc-HMPAO-Labelled Leukocyte Scan and CT in the Diagnosis of Vascular Graft Infection....Pages 128-134 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Fourth Round Table Discussion....Pages 135-137 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 The Rheumatologist’s Update on Rheumatic Diseases....Pages 141-148 99m Tc-Labelled Human Immunoglobulin Scintigraphy in Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 149-155 Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Use of Somatostatin Analogs. When and How?....Pages 156-159 Fifth Round Table Discussion....Pages 160-161 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 White Blood Cell Scintigraphy in Neurosurgery Infections: The Neurosurgeon’s Point of View....Pages 165-168 Infections of the Central Nervous System: The Neuroradiologist’s Point of View....Pages 169-174 On the Role of Nuclear Medicine Imaging for Routine Assessment of Infectious Brain Pathology: A Questionnaire....Pages 175-185 Sixth Round Table Discussion....Pages 186-187 Back Matter....Pages 189-192 As chairman of the European Association of Nuclear MediƯ cine (EANM) 2001 annual meeting, I tried to reach two goals: a "universal nuclear medicine" congress where all people could speak and learn using the same language, and a full exploration of the possibility of making a diagnosis through global imaging. I am personally convinced that nuclear medƯ icine techniques in the detection of infection and inflammaƯ tion are essential, and in the near future their role and clinical impact will be impressive. As stated during the meeting, this topic will be one of the major and expanding fields of interest for nuclear medicine. During the post-congress meetings organized in Capri by Alberto Signore and Mauro Liberatore for each topic, there was a leading expert for the clinical, radiological and nuclear medicine aspects. This interaction was crucial for the quality of the discussion and the definition of flow charts that will be useful for all the medical community. These meetings, where for each topic there is full coverage of all the aspects of imaging, are, in my opinion, the most fruitful and useful for the progression and diffusion of nuƯ clear medicine procedures. May 2002 Prof. Marco Salvatore Chairman of the EANM Congress 2001 Some 35 years ago, a French singer sold millions of records with a song, trying to tell the world "Capri c'est fini"--Capri is over