Giant cell arteritis mimicking multiple myeloma; diagnosed by PET scan

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1280-1281

  Kathula, Satheesh K ^a,b   Mantil, Joseph ^a   Drehmer, Timothy ^a   Patil, Soma S ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Giant cell arteritis; Monoclonal gammapathy; Multiple myeloma; PET scan

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; FEMALE; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NECROSIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 33845319197     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000242334.80269.cd     Document Type: Article

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