Multiple (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scans Showing Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report

Although the precise mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) remain unclear, aortic wall inflammation has been implicated in AAA development. Several studies have reported the use of (18)fluoro-deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG)/positron emission tomography (PET) to assess th...

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Autores principales: Tsuruda, Toshihiro, Nagamachi, Shigeki, Nishimura, Masanori, Nakamura, Kunihide, Kitamura, Kazuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27175690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000003650
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author Tsuruda, Toshihiro
Nagamachi, Shigeki
Nishimura, Masanori
Nakamura, Kunihide
Kitamura, Kazuo
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Nagamachi, Shigeki
Nishimura, Masanori
Nakamura, Kunihide
Kitamura, Kazuo
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description Although the precise mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) remain unclear, aortic wall inflammation has been implicated in AAA development. Several studies have reported the use of (18)fluoro-deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG)/positron emission tomography (PET) to assess the nature of AAA. We present a case of 77-year-old Japanese male with juxta-anastomotic AAA who was followed up with multiple (18)F-FDG-PET/CT scans over 7 years. The scans revealed chronological changes in aortic wall inflammation leading to progress and eventual rupture. This case supports a notion that aortic wall inflammation plays a role in AAA progression and rupture.
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spelling pubmed-49025322016-06-27 Multiple (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scans Showing Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report Tsuruda, Toshihiro Nagamachi, Shigeki Nishimura, Masanori Nakamura, Kunihide Kitamura, Kazuo Medicine (Baltimore) 3400 Although the precise mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) remain unclear, aortic wall inflammation has been implicated in AAA development. Several studies have reported the use of (18)fluoro-deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG)/positron emission tomography (PET) to assess the nature of AAA. We present a case of 77-year-old Japanese male with juxta-anastomotic AAA who was followed up with multiple (18)F-FDG-PET/CT scans over 7 years. The scans revealed chronological changes in aortic wall inflammation leading to progress and eventual rupture. This case supports a notion that aortic wall inflammation plays a role in AAA progression and rupture. Wolters Kluwer Health 2016-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4902532/ /pubmed/27175690 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000003650 Text en Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives License 4.0, which allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the author. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
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Tsuruda, Toshihiro
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Kitamura, Kazuo
Multiple (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scans Showing Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
title Multiple (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scans Showing Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
title_full Multiple (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scans Showing Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
title_fullStr Multiple (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scans Showing Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Multiple (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scans Showing Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
title_short Multiple (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scans Showing Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
title_sort multiple (18)f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans showing progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4902532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27175690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000003650
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