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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in English
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| ID: wpr-72806
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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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
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Temporal Arteries
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Giant Cell Arteritis
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Vasculitis
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Biopsy
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Giant Cells
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Diagnosis
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Systemic Vasculitis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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