Open AccessDiagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET-CT for large vessel involvement assessment in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis and negative temporal artery biopsy
Author(s) -
Boramy Hay,
Denis MarianoGoulart,
Aurélie Bourdon,
Meriem Benkiran,
Fabien Vauchot,
Delphine de Verbizier,
Fayçal Ben Bouallègue
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1864-6433
pISSN - 0914-7187
DOI - 10.1007/s12149-019-01358-5
Subject(s) - medicine , giant cell arteritis , radiology , biopsy , retrospective cohort study , positron emission tomography , corticosteroid , predictive value , arteritis , predictive value of tests , nuclear medicine , vasculitis , disease
The purpose of our study was to assess the diagnostic performance of 18 F-FDG PET-CT for large vessel involvement in patients with suspected giant cells arteritis (GCA) and a negative temporal artery biopsy (TAB).
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