Imaging of giant cell arteritis - Evidence of splenic involvement using FDG positron emission tomography

被引：31

作者：

De Winter, F

Petrovic, M

Van de Wiele, C

Vogelaers, D

Afschrift, M

Dierckx, RA

机构：

[1] State Univ Ghent Hosp, Dept Nucl Med, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

[2] State Univ Ghent Hosp, Dept Internal Med, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

来源：

CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE | 2000年 / 25卷 / 08期

关键词：

arteritis; fluorodeoxyglucose; positron emission tomography; spleen; vasculitis;

D O I：

10.1097/00003072-200008000-00018

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;

摘要：

A 63-year-old man with fever of unknown origin was referred for F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). Intensive clinical workup, including computed tomography of the brain, thorax, and abdomen and leukocyte scintigraphy revealed no abnormalities. F-18 FDG PET showed increased FDG uptake in the major thoracic vessels and abnormal splenic FDG accumulation. Temporal artery biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. A follow-up FDG PET scan after 6 weeks of prednisolone treatment showed a marked reduction of the vasculatory and splenic uptake. This case report suggests splenic involvement in giant cell arteritis.

引用

页码：633 / 634

页数：2

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