Is still's disease still one disease? A case of Adult-onset Still's disease showing accumulation in the carotids and the large vessels of the legs on positron emission tomography: CT images

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2487-2490

  De Graaff, L C G ^a   Ten Broek, M R J ^a   Schweitzer, D H ^a  

^a REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult onset Still's disease; PET CT; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IBUPROFEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE EDEMA; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSORIASIS; RASH; WRIST PAIN;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84866251533     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1991-y     Document Type: Article

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