PET/CT Reveals Localized Inflammation in the Temporal, Vertebral, and Lower Extremity Arteries in Giant Cell Arteritis. (14th March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kawamata, Nozomi; Abe, Yoshiyuki; Makiyama, Ayako; Ashizawa, Karin; Tamura, Naoto
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 48:Number 3(2023)
• Page Start: 276
• Page End: 277
• Publication Date: 2023-03-14
• Subjects: PET/CT -- giant cell arteritis -- periphery -- localized; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004527
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

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.