J Rheum Dis.
2015 Dec;22(6):382-386. 10.4078/jrd.2015.22.6.382.
Clinical Implication of 18F-FDG-PET in Diagnosing and Monitoring Disease Activity in a Case of Subclinical Stage of Giant Cell Arteritis
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. kangsw@cnuh.co.kr
- 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
- KMID: 2222813
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4078/jrd.2015.22.6.382
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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