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Active Giant Cell Vasculitis Diagnosis with <sup>68</sup>Ga PSMA PET/CT Imaging
Author(s) -
Sait Sağer,
Seçkin Bilgiç,
Lebriz Uslu,
Sertaç Asa,
Güneş Sağer,
Kerim Sönmezoğlu
Publication year - 2021
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.galenos.2019.90532
Subject(s) - medicine , vasculitis , nuclear medicine , pet imaging , positron emission tomography , radiology , pathology , disease
Vasculitis is a multisystem disease characterized by inflammation with infiltration of leukocytes into the blood vessels. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of vasculitis that mostly affects medium- and large-sized arteries. 18 Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is increasingly used to diagnose inflammation of large arteries in GCA. Galium-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT has a vital role in the assessment of patients with prostate cancer for recurrence and metastasis of the disease. Various benign and non-prostate malignant conditions may give rise to increased PSMA uptake. Herein, we demonstrate that PSMA uptake can be seen in GCA.

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