Fever of unknown origin as initial manifestation of large vessel giant cell arteritis: Diagnosis by colour-coded sonography and 18-FDG-PET

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 549-552

  Czihal, M ^a   Tato F ^a   Forster S ^b   Rademacher, A ^a   Schulze Koops, H ^a   Hoffmann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colour coded duplex sonography; Fever of unknown origin; Giant cell arteritis; Large vessel vasculitis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCINTISCANNING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 78649915012     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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