F-18 PET-CT Showing Large Vessel Vasculitis in a Patient With High Inflammatory Markers and No Localizing Symptoms

In this report, we describe the use of positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) as an early investigation in a patient with high inflammatory markers and no localizing symptoms. PET-CT showed arteritis of large vessels, subsequently confirmed as giant cell arteritis on biopsy. We ha...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben

Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical nuclear medicine 2009-11, Vol.34 (11), p.785-787
Hauptverfasser:	Schreiber, Benjamin E, Tam, Henry Ho Ching, Carvalho, Chris, Wong, Wai Lup, Russell, Andrew I, Higgens, Clare S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Arteries - diagnostic imaging Arteries - pathology Biomarkers - metabolism Female Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Humans Inflammation - diagnostic imaging Positron-Emission Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vasculitis - diagnostic imaging
Online-Zugang:	Volltext
Tags:	Tag hinzufügen Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!