Concomitant Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Large-Vessel Vasculitis Visualized on 18F-FDG PET/CT

Jane Maestri Brittain; Lars Christian Gormsen; Eric von Benzon; Kim Francis Andersen

doi:10.3390/diagnostics8020027

Concomitant Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Large-Vessel Vasculitis Visualized on 18F-FDG PET/CT

Jane Maestri Brittain, Lars Christian Gormsen, Eric von Benzon, Kim Francis Andersen

Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET

Abstract

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) are related rheumatic diseases which are occasionally present concomitantly. PMR is characterized by synovitis and bursitis. In LVV, inflammation of the blood vessel wall is seen. Both disorders can be difficult to diagnose since patients often present non-specific symptoms and results of blood tests. The non-specific symptoms cannot always be distinguished from symptoms indicating an occult malignancy. We present a case of PMR and LVV in a Scandinavian man visualized on [18F]-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) with the presentation of typically affected sites of joints and arteries and with the same imaging modality ruling out occult malignancy.

Original language	English
Journal	Diagnostics
Volume	8
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	E27
ISSN	2075-4418
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics8020027
Publication status	Published - 22 Apr 2018

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Concomitant Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Large-Vessel Vasculitis Visualized on 18F-FDG PET/CT

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