Takayasu Arteritis: Criteria for Surgical Intervention Should Not Be Ignored

Figure 2

Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. (a) An ¹⁸F-FDG-PET scan in a young woman with active Takayasu arteritis demonstrating homogeneous linear uptake of FDG in the arch of the aorta and the subclavian arteries, suggestive of active disease. (b) Coregistered ¹⁸F-FDG-PET-CT image demonstrating increased uptake localised to the wall of the thoracic aorta of a man of 26 years with active disease.

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