[18F]-FDG PET/CT scan detected giant cell arteritis after negative temporal artery biopsy

Open Nuclear Medicine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 7-9

  Medina Quiroz, Pamela ^a   Martínez Rodríguez, Isabel ^a   Banzo, Ignacio ^a   Quirce, Remedios ^a   Jiménez Bonilla, Julio ^a   de Arcocha, María ^a   Carril, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FDG PET CT; Giant cell arteritis; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; JAW CLAUDICATION; MYOINTIMAL FIBROSIS; NOCTURNAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SIDE EFFECT; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TUMOR; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; VASCULITIS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79955067393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1876388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876388X01103010007     Document Type: Article

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