Is Fluorine 18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scanning a Suitable Diagnostic Test for Histologically Active Large-Vessel Vasculitis?

被引：1

作者：

Bhattacharjee, Shomoresh ^{[1
]}

Yap, Kenneth ^{[2
]}

Longano, Anthony ^{[3
]}

Powell, Anne ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Alfred Hosp, Rheumatol Unit, Melbourne, Vic 3183, Australia

[2] Alfred Hosp, Dept Nucl Med, Melbourne, Vic 3183, Australia

[3] Alfred Hosp, Dept Anat Pathol, Melbourne, Vic 3183, Australia

来源：

JCR-JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY | 2011年 / 17卷 / 01期

关键词：

positron emission tomography; aortitis; Takayasu arteritis; giant cell arteritis; GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS; TAKAYASUS-ARTERITIS; FOLLOW-UP;

D O I：

10.1097/RHU.0b013e3182050d07

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Recent publications have highlighted the use of fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) as a moderately sensitive, noninvasive diagnostic test for medium- and large-vessel vasculitis. We report the atypical case of a patient with biopsy-proven granulomatous vasculitis of the aorta in addition to a non small cell lung cancer, whose whole-body (18)F-FDG PET/computed tomography scan demonstrated metabolic activity within the lung malignancy but was metabolically inactive in the aorta. We submit that (18)F-FDG PET may not be an accurate diagnostic test for histologically active large-vessel vasculitis and should be used with caution.

引用

页码：31 / 34

页数：4

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