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17575388

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
Although utility of 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) has been rehearsed in large vessel vasculitides, it is not known if small vessel vasculitides are also associated with increased FDG uptake. Hereby described is a 64-year-old female patient with prolonged fever and splenomegaly, which was depicted as a hot area in FDG-PET. Splenectomy disclosed microaneurysms, giant cell granuloma, perivascular leukocytic infiltration with fibrinoid necrosis, consistent with granulomatous angitis. Serum myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody was positive. The present case illustrates that vasculitides affecting small vessels present increased FDG uptake as do those affecting large vessels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1349-7235
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
909-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased splenic fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in a patient with granulomatous angitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine. maruoka@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports