P.D. Hinduja Hospital & MRC becomes the first hospital in Mumbai and Western India to introduce ‘FDG labeled Leukocyte PET-CT scan’ for early infection detection in occult & difficult cases
Mumbai, 29 th June 2022: Over time it has been established that early and accurate yield for detection of infection reduces the time and cost involved in providing accurate treatment and more importantly reduces the period of patient suffering. With this objective, P.D. Hinduja Hospital & MRC recently introduced ‘FDG labeled Leukocyte PET-CT scan’ for early detection of infection in occult & difficult cases. Currently, P.D. Hinduja Hospital & MRC is the only hospital in Mumbai and the whole of Western India to offer this test. Differentiating infection and sterile inflammation is the main clinical concern of clinicians. While routinely performed scans using high-resolution imaging modalities are useful in various aspects and give answers in most of the cases, however, infection detection may be difficult in some challenging cases where clinical dilemma is still not answered. Here 'FDG Labelled Leukocyte PET-CT scan’ imaging procedure has higher specificity whilst