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11295964

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a case in which fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography (PET) led directly to the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis in an elderly woman with a fever of unknown origin. The patient presented with a 3-month history of fatigue, fever, headache, visual disturbance, jaw claudication, and anemia. A computed tomographic scan showed an anterior mediastinal mass that was suspected of being malignant. A fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET scan performed for preoperative evaluation identified striking uptake of fludeoxyglucose F 18 in the walls of the entire aorta, left main coronary artery, and subclavian, carotid, and common iliac arteries bilaterally, suggestive of an arteritis, a diagnosis subsequently confirmed by the findings of an arterial biopsy. Her erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 129 mm/h. There was normalizaton of the PET scan 2 weeks following treatment with prednisolone. This case suggests that fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET contributes to the noninvasive diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, as well as to the evaluation of the extent of disease, response to therapy, and disease recurrence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-9926
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1003-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.
pubmed:affiliation
Nuclear Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA. aturlakow@ozemail.com.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports