title: Early diagnosis of large vessel vasculitis: usefulness of positron emission tomography with computed tomography.
abstract: Fever of unknown origin is a diagnostic challenge. Among its causes are of large caliber vessels vasculitis (LCVV), including Takayasu arteritis (TA) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). Early diagnosis is vital to prevent fibrosis of the vessel wall, and consequently, stenoses, aneurysms or occlusions. Imaging techniques can be of great help in recent years, highlighting the temporal artery through ultrasound, MRI and PET-CT.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario San Juan, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: María Del Carmen
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Pacheco Castellanos
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mínguez Vega
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez Caballero
authors.forename: María Pilar
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Bernabeu Gonzálvez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed