Case of temporal arteritis: FDP-PET (18F-fluorodeoxyglucose- positron emission tomography) was useful for early diagnosis and treatment

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 324-328

  Samejima, Ken Ichi ^a   Nakatani, Kimihiko ^b   Sioyama, Mituaki ^a   Kinoshita, Kouji ^a   Kusunoki, Susumu ^a   Saito, Yoshihiko ^b   Funauchi, Masanori ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; FDP PET; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTIGRAPHY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651385723     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.33.324     Document Type: Article

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