Early recognition of aortitis of the aorta ascendens with 18F-FDG PET/CT: Syphilitic?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 705-709

  Balink, H ^a   Spoorenberg, A ^a   Houtman, P M ^a   Brandenburg, A ^b   Verberne, H J ^c  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^b Izore Center for Infection and Immunity Friesland   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Late syphilis; Syphilitic aortitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETANERCEPT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INFLIXIMAB; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA WALL; AORTITIS; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878744635     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2178-6     Document Type: Review

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