Patients with Takayasu's arteritis having persistent acute-phase response usually have an increased major vessel uptake by 18F-FDG-PET/CT

Alibaz-Oner F., DEDE F., ÖNEŞ T., TUROĞLU H. T., Direskeneli H.

MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.25, sa.5, ss.752-755, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3109/14397595.2015.1012798
  • Dergi Adı: MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.752-755
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Acute-phase response, Activity, PET, Takayasu's arteritis, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, FDG PET-CT, DISEASE-ACTIVITY, F-18-FDG PET, FOLLOW-UP, DIAGNOSIS
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives. Although not uniformly accepted, an increased uptake by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) in large vessels is accepted to be a sign of active disease in Takayasu's arteritis (TAK). We aimed to investigate the value of 18F-FDG-PET/CT for clinical assessment in a subset of TAK patients having a persistent acute-phase response (APR) without any signs or symptoms of clinical disease activity.