PET/CT Detection of Temporal Arteritis

Yu Iwabuchi, MD
Data courtesy of Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
|2018-08-22

A 63-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and atherosclerotic narrowing of carotid vessels presented with occasional chest pain along with a fever of long duration. In view of the possibility of diffuse cardiovascular disease, the patient underwent PET/CT performed on a Biograph™ mCT. Following a low-dose non-contrast CT, a whole-body PET scan was performed from the top of head to the upper thigh.

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