Differential diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis from asthma by 18‐fluoro‐2‐deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography

About a half of all patients with relapsing polychondritis show airway involvement, which is a major cause of morbidity and mortality from this disease. FDG‐PET/CT is useful in the differential diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis from asthma.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ono, Mariko, Maeda, Yuki, Koyama, Nobuyuki, Nakamura, Hiroyuki, Aoshiba, Kazutetsu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8077331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3933
Descripción
Sumario:About a half of all patients with relapsing polychondritis show airway involvement, which is a major cause of morbidity and mortality from this disease. FDG‐PET/CT is useful in the differential diagnosis of relapsing polychondritis from asthma.

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