"The added value of 18f-FDG PET/CT in the assessment of onset and steroid resistant polimyalgia rheumatica".

ABSTRACT: PMR is a common inflammatory rheumatic disease. Although its clinical characteristics are fully recognized, no specific test for its diagnosis has been established to date. Several studies have described a wide variety of diseases that present with polymyalgic symptoms. A 18FDG-PET/CT scan could help to deal with these differential diagnoses. The goal of our study is to describe the findings of the 18FDG-PET/CT scan in a cohort of PMR patients and to detail how the 18FDG-PET/CT scan improves accuracy when diagnosing other underlying conditions. This cross-sectional study enrolled patients with a diagnosis of PMR who underwent to a 18FDG-PET/CT scan to rule out other diagnosis. The 18FDG-PET/CT scan was performed either following clinical criteria at the onset of clinical symptoms or when t

SUBMITTER: Moya-Alvarado P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462716 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature