The Role of Positron-Emission Tomography in Diagnosis and Assessment of Treatment Response in Takayasu Arteritis / 대한신장학회지
Korean Journal of Nephrology
; : 115-119, 2010.
Article
en Ko
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ABSTRACT
Takayasu arteritis is a nonspecific granulomatous inflammatory arteriopathy of unknown cause that results in occlusive obliteration and less commonly aneurysmal degeneration of large and medium-sized elastic arteries. The diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis and the assessment of its progression and extent remain challenging, especially in patients presenting with a constellation of non-specific symptoms and laboratory tests. The standard diagnostic procedures include biopsy, arteriography, sonography, and magnetic resonance angiography. However, these procedures are invasive or largely operator-dependent, and document only morphological changes such as stenosis, occlusion and aneurysmal transformation which mainly occur in late stages of the disease. On the other hand, Positron-emission tomography is an operator-independent, non-invasive metabolic imaging modality which plays a major role in diagnosis of nonspecific inflammatory diseases. We report a case in which Positron-emission tomography was applied to the detection of Takayasu arteritis and assessment of its disease progression.
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Asunto principal:
Arterias
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Biopsia
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Angiografía
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Arteritis de Takayasu
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Angiografía por Resonancia Magnética
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Progresión de la Enfermedad
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Constricción Patológica
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Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Mano
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Aneurisma
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Korean Journal of Nephrology
Año:
2010
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Article