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KMID : 1084220150220060382
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Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
2015 Volume.22 No. 6 p.382 ~ p.386
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Clinical Implication of 18F-FDG-PET in Diagnosing and Monitoring Disease Activity in a Case of Subclinical Stage of Giant Cell Arteritis
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Yoo Su-Jin
Lee Jeong-Chan
Kim Young
Yoo In-Seol
Shim Seung-Cheol
Kim Kun-Ho
Kang Seong-Wook
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Abstract
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Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis which typically occurs in persons over 50 years old. GCA is closely related to polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). A temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of GCA. Recently, there is increasing evidence for the role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) in diagnosis of vasculitis. Here, we report on a case of a 67-year-old Korean male who was diagnosed with atypical GCA in subclinical stage concomitant with PMR by 18F-FDG-PET. After treatment, abnormal findings of 18F-FDG-PET were improved.
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KEYWORD
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Giant cell arteritis, Polymyalgia rheumatica, Positron emission tomography
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