Panaortitis: Diagnosis via fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 330, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 247-249

  Zalts, Ronen ^a   Hamoud, Shadi ^a   Bar Shalom, Rachel ^a   Eilam, Oron ^a   Rozin, Alexander ^a   Hayek, Tony ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Fever of unknown origin; Panaortitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GENTAMICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTITIS; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DESCENDING AORTA; DRUG MEGADOSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALAISE; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 28044461968     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200511000-00009     Document Type: Article

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