title: [18F-FDG PET/CT in a patient with clinical suspicion of giant cell arteritis].
abstract: We report the case of a 72 year old man with clinical suspicion of giant cell arteritis (GCA); in this case 18F-FDG PET/CT has been useful from the diagnosis to the control of the response to therapy. He performed the first 18F-FDG PET/CT that showed increased uptake of 18F-FDG in the aortic arch, brachial artery, common iliac and femoral arteries and in the temporal cerebral sites bilaterally. The patient then began a cortisonic therapy that led straight to the improvement of clinical symptoms, and repeated 18F-FDG PET/CT 3 months later the beginning of therapy that showed reduced uptake in the same sites of the first 18F-FDG PET/CT. This patient continued the cortisonic therapy, progressively reducing it until the definitive ending.
authors.forename: Corinna
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Altini
authors.forename: Artor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niccoli Asabella
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rubini
authors.forename: Antonio Rosario
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Pisani
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Notaristefano
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moschetta
authors.forename: Melchiore
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giganti
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rubini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003348:Cortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003348:Cortisone