Review Article

Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative and Semiquantitative Methods to Assess Vasculitis with 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

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77-year-old female patient with clinical and PET-CT findings of giant cell arteritis. Coronal PET (a) and PET-CT (b) scans demonstrate the inflammatory involvement of aortic arch and abdominal aorta (void arrows), which is clearly appreciable by means of an immediate qualitative assessment of the images.
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