title: The use of (18F)fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the assessment of large vessel vasculitis.
abstract: FDG-PET scan has recently been introduced as a diagnostic means to assess large vessel involvement in giant cell arteritis (GCA). Its use in Takayasu arteritis, idiopathic periaortitis and multifocal fibrosclerosis--although more limited, due to the relative rarity of these conditions compared to GCA--is discussed as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. Daniel.Blockmans@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
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authors.lastname: Blockmans
mesh_terms: D001025:Aortitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001167:Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18