Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Diagnosis and Assessment of Takayasu Arteritis and Ulcerative Colitis
Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
; : 55-59, 2017.
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ABSTRACT
Takayasu arteritis (TA) and ulcerative colitis (UC), both immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, rarely occur together. This report describes TA in a 29-year old female patient who was being treated for UC for three years. As she had left-side neck pain and headache, she was diagnosed with TA and her response to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor was assessed by fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT). Positive responses to the TNF inhibitor were seen by PET/CT for the TA and by endoscopy for the UC. We conclude that TNF inhibitors are effective treatments for both TA and UC. We found that PET/CT is a useful for diagnosing and assessing TA.
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Úlcera
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Colite Ulcerativa
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Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa
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Arterite de Takayasu
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Cervicalgia
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Fluordesoxiglucose F18
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Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons
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Diagnóstico
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Elétrons
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Endoscopia
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Diagnostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article