PET/CT Reveals Localized Inflammation in the Temporal, Vertebral, and Lower Extremity Arteries in Giant Cell Arteritis.

Kawamata, Nozomi; Abe, Yoshiyuki; Makiyama, Ayako; Ashizawa, Karin; Tamura, Naoto · Clin Nucl Med · 2023

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

18 F-FDG PET/CT is increasingly being used in the diagnosis of systemic vasculitis syndromes, especially large-vessel vasculitis. We present a case of giant cell arteritis in an 84-year-old man who exhibited large-vessel lesions in the periphery but none in the trunk. This case highlights the usefulness of PET/CT for revealing localized inflammation.

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