18F-FDG PET/CT Findings of a Patient with Wegener’s Granulomatosis Before and After Therapy | Zendy

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18F-FDG PET/CT Findings of a Patient with Wegener’s Granulomatosis Before and After Therapy

Author(s) -

Elif Özdemir,

Nilüfer Yıldırım,

Ayşegül Şentürk,

Ebru Uz,

Mutlay Keskin,

Levent Yüksel,

Zuhal Kandemir,

Şeyda Türkölmez

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 2147-1959

pISSN - 2146-1414

DOI - 10.4274/mirt.02886

Subject(s) - medicine , wegener granulomatosis , radiology , nuclear medicine , pathology , vasculitis , disease

Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) is a rare form of systemic vasculitis that primarily involves the small-to-medium sized vessels\udand affects both the kidneys and the upper and lower respiratory tract. In this case report, FDG PET/CT findings of bilateral\udhypermetabolic lung lesions that mimic malignancy in a patient with WG are presented. The hypermetabolic lesions completely\uddisappeared on follow-up PET/CT scan after treatment with cyclophosphamide. The increased FDG uptake of these lesions\udsubstantially regressed following treatmen

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