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- Title
Hybrid <sup>18</sup>F-FDG-PET with CT angiography for diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis.
- Authors
Marco, Daniel N; Gilabert, Rosa; Cid, Maria C; Muxí, Africa; Prieto-González, Sergio
- Abstract
The article describes the case of a 30-year-old Caucasian woman with an eight-month history of fatigue and malaise, along with interscapular pain and upper limb and jaw claudication over the last three weeks. Topics discussed include findings on physical examination, fundamental techniques in the diagnosis and follow-up of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV), and main limitation of fluorodeoxyglucose- positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).
- Subjects
SCANNING systems; ANEMIA; VASCULITIS; BLOOD vessels; COMPUTED tomography; POSITRON emission tomography; BLOOD sedimentation; AORTA; TAKAYASU arteritis; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THORACIC aorta; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 8, pe217
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/keae051