Abdominal aortitis on PET CT: A case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Aortitis often occurs in patients with systemic vasculitis. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We reported a 73 year old man with giant cell arteritis who was presented with abdominal pain and weight loss. DISCUSSION: Aortitis was diagnosed on PET-CT scan performed because initial investigations ra...

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Autores principales: Foley, J., Mullan, D., Mohan, H., Schmidt, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25827296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.02.029
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Aortitis often occurs in patients with systemic vasculitis. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We reported a 73 year old man with giant cell arteritis who was presented with abdominal pain and weight loss. DISCUSSION: Aortitis was diagnosed on PET-CT scan performed because initial investigations raised the possibility of pancreatic pathology. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the utility of PET-CT in the diagnosis of abdominal aortitis and the need to consider aortitis as a differential in patients with abdominal pain with a history of vasculitis.

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