Differential diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis from asthma by 18‐fluoro‐2‐deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography | Zendy

Ono Mariko | Zendy; Maeda Yuki | Zendy; Koyama Nobuyuki | Zendy; Nakamura Hiroyuki | Zendy; Aoshiba Kazutetsu | Zendy

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Differential diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis from asthma by 18‐fluoro‐2‐deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography

Author(s) -

Ono Mariko,

Maeda Yuki,

Koyama Nobuyuki,

Nakamura Hiroyuki,

Aoshiba Kazutetsu

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3933

Subject(s) - relapsing polychondritis , medicine , positron emission tomography , differential diagnosis , computed tomography , asthma , radiology , positron emission tomography computed tomography , deoxyglucose , tomography , nuclear medicine , pathology

About a half of all patients with relapsing polychondritis show airway involvement, which is a major cause of morbidity and mortality from this disease. FDG‐PET/CT is useful in the differential diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis from asthma.

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