FDG PET findings of the brain in sudden blindness caused by bilateral central retinal artery occlusion revealing giant cell arteritis.
Clin Nucl Med
; 40(1): 45-6, 2015 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-25275418
ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 73-year-old woman presenting sudden blindness caused by bilateral simultaneous central retinal artery occlusion revealed by ophthalmoscopy. Temporal artery biopsy confirmed the giant cell arteritis. The patient was treated with a systemic steroid without visual recovery. FDG PET/CT was performed 6 months later in the context of persistent inflammatory syndrome. This case shows the close relationship between functional activity and glucose energy metabolism. We observed both bilateral occipital hypometabolism corresponding to loss of functional activity and bilateral temporal (auditory areas) and orbitofrontal hypermetabolism related to compensatory neuronal plasticity.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Arterite de Células Gigantes
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Encéfalo
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Oclusão da Artéria Retiniana
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Cegueira
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Nucl Med
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França