Cardiac Sarcoidosis Concomitant with Large-vessel Aortitis Detected by (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

We herein report a case of concurrent cardiac sarcoidosis and large-vessel aortitis detected by (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and followed up during immunosuppressive therapy. After high-dose prednisolone administration (1 mg/kg), serial FDG-PET showed that almost a...

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Autores principales: Higuchi, Yoshihiro, Kimoto, Yasutaka, Tanoue, Rika, Tokunou, Tomotake, Tomonari, Kenichiro, Maeda, Toyoki, Horiuchi, Takahiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321427
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9652-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321427
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9652-17

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