FDG-PET/CT for diagnosis and follow-up of vasculitis
Hideki Otsuka1, Naomi Morita, Kyo Yamashita
1Department of Radiology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
Abstract:
We report three cases of vasculitis evaluated by FDG-PET/CT. Vasculitis is defined as inflammatory changes and necrosis in the aterial wall. The patients presented with non-specific symptoms such as fever up or elevated inflammatory markers. FDG-PET/CT clearly demonstrated intense FDG uptake in vessel walls. A 72-year-old female patient with a one month history of pyrexia had abnormal laboratory data suggesting an inflammatory process. FDG-PET/CT was very useful for the diagnosis of vasculitis. Steroid therapy was introduced. Normalization of laboratory data and symptomatic improvement correlated with normalization of FDG uptake in the vessels.
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