The term vasculitis encompasses a heterogeneous group of diseases that share the
presence of inflammatory infiltrates in the vascular wall. The diagnosis of large-vessel …

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 …

Objective. Large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) are chronic inflammatory diseases that affect
arteries. While a mere clinical-serological approach does not seem sensitive either in the …

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 …

Purpose This study was performed to investigate the value of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography ([18 F] FDG-PET) in the diagnosis of large-vessel vasculitis …

In the last two decades, advancements in positron emission tomography (PET) technology
have increased the diagnostic accuracy of patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) …

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of 18F-
fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) or positron-emission …

Systemic vasculitides are autoimmune diseases characterized by inflammation of blood
vessels. They are categorized based on the size of the preferentially affected blood vessels …

Whereas in the past the term" vasculitis" was most frequently used in context with systemic
vasculitides, such as the large vessel vasculitides (LVV) Takayasa arteritis and giant cell …

Improvements in positron emission tomography (PET) technology have contributed to
increased diagnostic accuracy in patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) over the last …