title: Value of carotid artery tenderness for the early diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis.
abstract: The early diagnosis and treatment of Takayasu arteritis (TA) is crucial to prevent the devastating complications of vascular insufficiency. This report describes a patient with a persistent fever in whom carotid artery tenderness led to a diagnosis of TA. This case suggests that carotid artery tenderness is a useful physical finding that warrants 2-deoxy-2-[Fluorine-18] fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography to confirm a diagnosis of early TA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Hospital, Japan. ihayakawa-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: Junwa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kunimatsu
authors.forename: Riri
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Atsuto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed