1.
Sex Transm Dis
; 43(3): 199-200, 2016 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26859808
ABSTRACT
Positron emission tomography (PET) has been used to aid in diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious disease. We describe the case of a patient with early latent syphilis with increased metabolic activity along the aorta detected via PET, suggesting probable aortitis. Three months after treatment, the PET showed apparent resolution of the aortitis.
Subject(s)
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/diagnostic imaging , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Aortitis/diagnostic imaging , Aortitis/microbiology , Penicillin G Benzathine/therapeutic use , Positron-Emission Tomography , Syphilis, Cardiovascular/diagnostic imaging , AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/drug therapy , AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/metabolism , Aortitis/drug therapy , Aortitis/metabolism , Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/administration & dosage , Homosexuality, Male , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Peru , Positron-Emission Tomography/methods , Radiopharmaceuticals/administration & dosage , Reproducibility of Results , Syphilis, Cardiovascular/drug therapy , Syphilis, Cardiovascular/metabolism , Treatment Outcome
2.
Acta Biol Med Ger
; 23(2): 323-8, 1969.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4244203
Subject(s)
Aorta/analysis , Aortic Aneurysm/metabolism , Aortic Diseases/metabolism , Chondroitin/analysis , Glycosaminoglycans/analysis , Heparin/analysis , Hyaluronic Acid/analysis , Aortic Aneurysm/complications , Aortic Rupture/etiology , Arteriosclerosis/metabolism , Autopsy , Cardiac Tamponade/etiology , Cushing Syndrome/metabolism , Diabetic Angiopathies/metabolism , Female , Humans , Hyperthyroidism/metabolism , Hypothyroidism/metabolism , Male , Middle Aged , Sulfates/analysis , Syphilis, Cardiovascular/metabolism
3.
Rinsho Byori
; 16(5): 420-8, 1968 May.
Article
in Japanese
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-5693958
4.
Acta Isot (Padova)
; 7(1): 153-61, 1967 Dec 15.
Article
in Italian
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-5612070