FDG-PET/CT (A) imaging in large vessel vasculitis and polymyalgia rheumatica: joint procedural recommendation of the EANM, SNMMI, and the PET Interest Group …

RHJA Slart… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Large vessel vasculitis (LVV) is defined as a disease mainly affecting the large arteries, with
two major variants, Takayasu arteritis (TA) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). GCA often coexists …

Management of large-vessel vasculitis with FDG-PET: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

M Soussan, P Nicolas, C Schramm, S Katsahian… - Medicine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
We aimed to clarify the role of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-
PET) in the management of large-vessel vasculitis (LVV), focusing on 3 issues which are as …

18F‐Fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron Emission Tomography As an Imaging Biomarker in a Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort of Patients With Large Vessel Vasculitis

PC Grayson, S Alehashemi, AA Bagheri… - Arthritis & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the clinical value of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission
tomography (PET) in a prospective cohort of patients with large vessel vasculitis (LVV) and …

Three days of high-dose glucocorticoid treatment attenuates large-vessel 18F-FDG uptake in large-vessel giant cell arteritis but with a limited impact on diagnostic …

BD Nielsen, LC Gormsen, IT Hansen, KK Keller… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the in-treatment diagnostic accuracy of FDG PET/CT in large-vessel
giant cell arteritis (LV-GCA) by serial scans before and after a short course of high-dose …

The impact of 18F-FDG PET on the management of patients with suspected large vessel vasculitis

M Fuchs, M Briel, T Daikeler, UA Walker… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose We aimed to assess the impact of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron
emission tomography (PET) on the management of patients with suspected large vessel …

Simple dichotomous assessment of cranial artery inflammation by conventional 18F-FDG PET/CT shows high accuracy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis: a case …

BD Nielsen, IT Hansen, S Kramer, A Haraldsen… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To estimate the diagnostic accuracy of conventional 18F-FDG PET/CT of cranial
arteries in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods The study was a retrospective …

Diagnostic performance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in giant cell arteritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FL Besson, JJ Parienti, B Bienvenu, JO Prior… - European journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and perform a meta-
analysis on the diagnostic performances of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission …

The immunopathology of giant cell arteritis across disease spectra

ML Robinette, DA Rao, PA Monach - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a granulomatous systemic vasculitis of large-and medium-sized
arteries that affects the elderly. In recent years, advances in diagnostic imaging have …

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound for detecting large-vessel giant cell arteritis using FDG PET/CT as the reference

BD Nielsen, IT Hansen, KK Keller, P Therkildsen… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The diagnostic accuracy of axillary artery US in the diagnosis of large-vessel (LV)-
GCA using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT as reference standard was prospectively …

Imaging large vessel vasculitis with fully integrated PET/MRI: a pilot study

I Einspieler, K Thürmel, T Pyka, M Eiber… - European journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of hybrid [18 F]
fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/MRI in patients with large …