Clinical Implication of 18F-FDG-PET in Diagnosing and Monitoring Disease Activity in a Case of Subclinical Stage of Giant Cell Arteritis
Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
; : 382-386, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis which typically occurs in persons over 50 years old. GCA is closely related to polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). A temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of GCA. Recently, there is increasing evidence for the role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) in diagnosis of vasculitis. Here, we report on a case of a 67-year-old Korean male who was diagnosed with atypical GCA in subclinical stage concomitant with PMR by 18F-FDG-PET. After treatment, abnormal findings of 18F-FDG-PET were improved.
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Assunto principal:
Polimialgia Reumática
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Artérias Temporais
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Arterite de Células Gigantes
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Vasculite
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Biópsia
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Células Gigantes
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Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons
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Diagnóstico
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Vasculite Sistêmica
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Diagnostic_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article