8th Baltic Congress of Radiology

08.10.2022 Tallinn, Estonia

PET/CT in the diagnosis and workup of sarcoidosis

Ilona Kulakienė (Lithuania)

Professor, Academy of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Biography: Ilona Kulakiene, MD in Radiology 2003, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania. Specialized in Nuclear Medicine, Master of Science in Nuclear Medicine, King’s College London, University of London, UK. Fellow of European Board of Nuclear Medicine 2005. Vice chair and examiner of Fellowship committee of European Board of Nuclear Medicine (UEMS), since 2008. Currently, is a Professor at the Academy of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, since 2013 (teaching experience 19 years) and a Nuclear medicine specialist at the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (23 years of experience). Ilona Kulakiene is also President of Lithuanian Society of Nuclear Medicine, Vice president of Baltic Nuclear Medicine Society and a Member of European Association of Nuclear Medicine.

Presentation

Small Hall

Synopsis: In the lecture the main challenges of performing and reporting a good quality PET/CT will be covered. The main focus will be on patient preparation, which contributes a lot to the physiological distribution of FDG and, therefore, to the quality of PET/CT scan, this is especially important in case of suspected cardiac sarcoidosis. In the workup of sarcoidosis the key point is to evaluate the distribution of disease and determine its’ activity to be able to select a proper patient management. Thus, the staging and disease activity criteria will be covered in the lecture along with clinical examples. Several cases will be demonstrated focusing on treatment response evaluation.

This agenda item is presented in the following session: S2-2 Thoracic Radiology

Plenary session

07.10.2022 11:00 - 13:00