Usefulness of PET in recognizing and managing vasculitides

NAM Pipitone, A Versari… - Current Opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Usefulness of PET in recognizing and managing vasculitides : Current Opinion in
Rheumatology Usefulness of PET in recognizing and managing vasculitides : Current …

The role of PET/CT in disease activity assessment in patients with large vessel vasculitis

E Galli, N Pipitone, C Salvarani - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
While the role of PET in diagnosis large-vessel vasculitis is established, its role in evaluating
disease activity is less clear-cut. PET may be used as an ancillary technique, but a …

The role of PET/CT in disease activity assessment in patients with large vessel vasculitis

E Galli, F Muratore, P Mancuso, L Boiardi… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To evaluate the accuracy of PET/CT and of PET vascular activity score (PETVAS)
in assessing disease activity and the ability of PETVAS in predicting relapses in a large …

The role of PET/CT in the evaluation of patients with large-vessel vasculitis: useful for diagnosis but with potential limitations for follow-up

MA González-Gay, D Prieto-Peña… - Rheumatology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TAK) are large-vessel granulomatous
vasculitides (LVV). While GCA occurs in people over the age of 50 and is more common in …

Diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography for assessment of disease activity in large vessel vasculitis

N Schramm, J Ingenhoff, C Dechant… - … journal of rheumatic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine the diagnostic yield of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography (PET) in disease activity assessment of large vessel vasculitides (LVV) …

18F-FDG PET as a diagnostic procedure in large vessel vasculitis—a controlled, blinded re-examination of routine PET scans

P Lehmann, S Buchtala, N Achajew, P Haerle… - Clinical …, 2011 - Springer
Large vessel vasculitis can be visualized by 18F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET).
However, the diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET is yet to be determined. We therefore …

Diagnostische Genauigkeit der 18F-FDG PET bzw. PET/CT für Vaskulitiden großer Gefäße: Eine Metaanalyse

YH Lee, SJ Choi, JD Ji, GG Song - Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie, 2016 - Springer
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of 18F-
fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) or positron-emission …

Diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET or PET/CT for large vessel vasculitis: A meta-analysis.

YH Lee, SJ Choi, JD Ji, GG Song - Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 2016 - europepmc.org
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of 18F-
fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) or positron-emission …

Use of ultrasonography and positron emission tomography in the diagnosis and assessment of large-vessel vasculitis

WA Schmidt, D Blockmans - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Use of ultrasonography and positron emission tomography in t... : Current Opinion in
Rheumatology Use of ultrasonography and positron emission tomography in the diagnosis and …

Parameters related to a positive test result for FDG PET (/CT) for large vessel vasculitis: a multicenter retrospective study

GA Hooisma, H Balink, PM Houtman, R Slart… - Clinical …, 2012 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to identify clinical and laboratory parameters that may improve
the effectiveness of the use of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18 F-FDG …