title: Abdominal aortitis on PET CT: A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aortitis often occurs in patients with systemic vasculitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reported a 73 year old man with giant cell arteritis who was presented with abdominal pain and weight loss.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Aortitis was diagnosed on PET-CT scan performed because initial investigations raised the possibility of pancreatic pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case highlights the utility of PET-CT in the diagnosis of abdominal aortitis and the need to consider aortitis as a differential in patients with abdominal pain with a history of vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wexford General Hospital, Wexford, Ireland. Electronic address: buffersjames@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wexford General Hospital, Wexford, Ireland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mullan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wexford General Hospital, Wexford, Ireland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wexford General Hospital, Wexford, Ireland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmidt
keywords: Aorititis; Giant cell arteritis; Inflammation
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