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Inflammation (described as early as 3000 BC in an Egyptian papyrus [1]) is still a common problem despite continuous advancements in prevention and treatment methods. The delineation of the site and extent of inflammation is crucial to the clinical management of infection and for monitoring the response to therapy [2]. Nuclear medicine along with morphological imaging has an important role in achieving this goal.

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Elgazzar, A.H. (2014). Inflammation. In: Synopsis of Pathophysiology in Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03458-4_4

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