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-fluorodeoxyg...

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Main Authors: Ananya Panda, Gregory A Wiseman, Matthew J Koster, Kenneth J Warrington, Geoffrey B Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
diagnosis
diagnostic imaging
giant cell arteritis
polymyalgia rheumatica
rheumatic diseases
vasculitis
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