Specific features to differentiate Giant cell arteritis aortitis from aortic atheroma using FDG-PET/CT

Abstract Aortic wall 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-uptake does not allow differentiation of aortitis from atheroma, which is problematic in clinical practice for diagnosing large vessel vasculitis giant-cell arteritis (GCA) in elderly patients. The purpose of this study was to compare the FDG uptake...

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Main Authors: Olivier Espitia, Jérémy Schanus, Christian Agard, Françoise Kraeber-Bodéré, Jeanne Hersant, Jean-Michel Serfaty, Bastien Jamet
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5cdda422a30340f7a5864a1a8cd66f12
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