Clinical Usefulness of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Enthesitis-related Arthritis Diagnosis

J Rheumatol. 2016 Jul;43(7):1434-5. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.160047.

Authors

Natsumi Inoue¹, Mao Mizuta¹, Masaki Shimizu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University;
² Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan. [email protected].

PMID: 27371647
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.160047

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Arthritis, Juvenile / diagnostic imaging*
Arthritis, Juvenile / drug therapy
Arthritis, Juvenile / physiopathology
Etanercept / therapeutic use
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
Severity of Illness Index

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Etanercept