Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis and follow-up of three patients with vasculitis

Am J Med. 2004 Jan 1;116(1):50-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.07.006.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortitis / drug therapy
  • Aortitis / etiology
  • Blood Glucose / metabolism*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / diagnostic imaging
  • Polyarteritis Nodosa / drug therapy
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*
  • Vasculitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vasculitis / drug therapy
  • Vasculitis / etiology

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Prednisone