Detailed Information on Publication Record
2016
PET/CT in giant cell arteritis: High 18F-FDG uptake in the temporal, occipital and vertebral arteries
ŘEHÁK, Zdeněk, Jiří VAŠINA, J. PTACEK, Tomáš KAZDA, Zdeněk FOJTÍK et. al.Basic information
Original name
PET/CT in giant cell arteritis: High 18F-FDG uptake in the temporal, occipital and vertebral arteries
Authors
ŘEHÁK, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří VAŠINA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), J. PTACEK (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš KAZDA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk FOJTÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr NĚMEC (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular, Barcelona, Elsevier, 2016, 2253-654X
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30200 3.2 Clinical medicine
Country of publisher
Spain
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 0.951
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/16:00090573
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
UT WoS
000388782300010
Keywords in English
18F-FDG PET/CT; Giant cell arteritis; Large-vessel vasculitis; Positron emission tomography
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 6/1/2017 09:10, Ing. Mgr. Věra Pospíšilíková
Abstract
V originále
18F-FDG PET/CT imaging is useful in patients with fever of unknown origin and can detect giant cell arteritis in extracranial large arteries. However, it is usually assumed that temporal arteries cannot be visualized with a PET/CT scanner due to their small diameter. Three patients with clinical symptoms of temporal arteritis were examined using a standard whole body PET/CT protocol (skull base – mid thighs) followed by a head PET/CT scan using the brain protocol. High 18F-FDG uptake in the aorta and some arterial branches were detected in all 3 patients with the whole body protocol. Using the brain protocol, head imaging led to detection of high 18F-FDG uptake in temporal arteries as well as in their branches (3 patients), in occipital arteries (2 patients) and also in vertebral arteries (3 patients).