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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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