18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computed tomography of giant cell arteritis with lower extremity involvement in association with polymyalgia rheumatica

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computed tomography of giant cell arteritis with lower extremity involvement in association with polymyalgia rheumatica

An 80-year-old man presented with new-onset pain in the shoulders and lower extremities and elevated serum inflammatory markers. A clinical diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) was made, but there was a suboptimal response to glucocorticoid therapy, prompting further evaluation. 18F-fluorodeoxy...

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Main Authors: Ananya Panda, Gregory Wiseman, Matthew Koster, Kenneth Warrington, Geoffrey Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-03-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
diagnosis
diagnostic imaging
giant cell arteritis
polymyalgia rheumatica
rheumatic diseases
vasculitis
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_102_20
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