A case of fever of unknown origin: 18F-FDG-PET/CT findings in Takayasu's arteritis

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-174

  Skoura, Evangelia ^a   Giannopoulou, Chariklia ^a   Keramida, Georgia ^a   Skilakaki, Maria ^a   Datseris, Ioannis ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

18Fluoro deoxyglucose; Fever of unknown origin; Positron emission tomography; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG UPTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTA; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60849130716     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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