Open AccessPericarditis Revealing Large Vessel Vasculitis
Author(s) -
Bruno Couturier,
Valérie Huyge,
Muhammad Shahnawaz Soyfoo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
isrn rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-5475
pISSN - 2090-5467
DOI - 10.5402/2011/648703
Subject(s) - vasculitis , medicine , giant cell arteritis , pericarditis , arteritis , headaches , pathology , biopsy , radiology , dermatology , cardiology , surgery , disease
Large vessels vasculitis and more specifically, Giant cell arteritis, is characterized by increased inflammatory markers, headaches and altered clinical status. Diagnosis is confirmed by biopsy of temporal arteries showing the presence of granuloma and vasculitis. We hereby report the case of a patient presenting initially as pericarditis and revealing large vessel vasculitis using FDG-PET.
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