Positron emission tomography/computed tomography improves diagnostics of inflammatory arteritis.
Based on the unique property of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose, localization and follow-up of hypermetabolic processes is possible with positron emission tomography (PET). The dual-modality PET/computed tomography (CT) systems provide intrinsically fused morphologic and functional data in a single examination. We report on two patients with inflammatory aortitis and positive PET/CT findings. A 57-year-old woman with an inflammatory process involving the thoracolumbal aorta with an aneurysm and a 48-year-old woman with an aneurysm of the thoracic aorta and pronounced fluorodeoxyglucose-uptake. The advantages in differentiation of vessel wall structures compared with PET or CT alone are pointed out.
Kröger
Knut
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Department of Angiology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Germany. knut.kroeger@uni-essen.de
Antoch
Gerald
G
Goyen
Mathias
M
Freudenberg
Lutz S
LS
Veit
Patrick
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Janicke
Ilse
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Bockisch
Andreas
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Forsting
Michael
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D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001025:Aortitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18