[Hand ischemia and increased CRP level in a 75-year-old female patient]

E Decker; O Basten; D Librizzi; U Müller-Ladner

doi:10.1007/s00393-019-0655-2

[Hand ischemia and increased CRP level in a 75-year-old female patient]

Z Rheumatol. 2020 Apr;79(3):280-285. doi: 10.1007/s00393-019-0655-2.

[Article in German]

Authors

E Decker¹, O Basten², D Librizzi³, U Müller-Ladner⁴

Affiliations

¹ Innere Medizin/SP Rheumatologie, MVZ am Kreiskrankenhaus Alsfeld, Schwabenröder Str. 81, 36304, Alsfeld, Deutschland. [email protected].
² IPZM Institut für Pathologie und Zytologie Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland.
³ Klinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland.
⁴ Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Campus Kerckhoff, Bad Nauheim, Deutschland.

PMID: 31197459
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-019-0655-2

Abstract

The complexity of the diagnosis and therapy as well as the deficits in care are presented on the basis of the casuistry of a 75-year-old female patient with giant cell arteritis and a complicative course.

Keywords: Complications; FDG-PET CT; IL-6 block; Imaging procedures; Large vessel vasculitis; Treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
C-Reactive Protein / analysis*
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Giant Cell Arteritis*
Humans
Ischemia / diagnosis*
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
C-Reactive Protein