A case of atypical giant cell arteritis diagnosed by positron emission tomography (PET)

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 799-801

  Belloli, Laura ^a   Rodari, Marcello ^b   Massarotti, Marco ^a   Conciato, Luisa ^a   Chiti, Arturo ^b   Marasini, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Giant cell arteritis; Positron emission tomography; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL ARTERIES;

EID: 43249091637     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0831-7     Document Type: Article

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