Life-Threatening Involvement of Bilateral Pulmonary Arteries in Behçet Disease on FDG PET
Naifeng Hou1, Chengzhong Fan, Guohua Shen
1From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Abstract:
A 29-year-old man with Behçet disease exhibiting lower-limb swelling and dyspnea underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT. The imaging revealed bilateral pulmonary artery involvement, and pulmonary artery aneurysms and mural thrombus were confirmed by CT pulmonary angiography. This case underscores the utility of 18 F-FDG PET in identifying life-threatening vasculitis complications in Behçet disease.
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