作者
Florent L Besson, Jean-Jacques Parienti, Boris Bienvenu, John O Prior, Sylvie Costo, Gerard Bouvard, Denis Agostini
发表日期
2011/9
来源
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
卷号
38
页码范围
1764-1772
出版商
Springer-Verlag
简介
Purpose
The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and perform a meta-analysis on the diagnostic performances of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) for giant cell arteritis (GCA), with or without polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).
Methods
MEDLINE, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched for articles in English that evaluated FDG PET in GCA or PMR. All complete studies were reviewed and qualitatively analysed. Studies that fulfilled the three following criteria were included in a meta-analysis: (1) FDG PET used as a diagnostic tool for GCA and PMR; (2) American College of Rheumatology and Healey criteria used as the reference standard for the diagnosis of GCA and PMR, respectively; and (3) the use of a control group.
Results
We found 14 complete articles. A …
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