Large-vessel vasculitis visualization with [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake

QJM. 2018 Aug 1;111(8):577-578. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcy040.

Authors

M Yamasaki¹, M Taniwaki¹, T Sawabe², N Hattori³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Disease, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.
² Department of Rheumatology, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hospital, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.
³ Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.

PMID: 29474697
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcy040

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
Aged
Carotid Arteries / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Arteries / pathology
Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Fatal Outcome
Fatigue
Female
Fever
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18* / administration & dosage
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Valve Diseases / drug therapy
Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals* / administration & dosage
Vasculitis / diagnostic imaging*
Vasculitis / drug therapy
Vasculitis / physiopathology
Weight Loss

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18