Predictors of positive 18F-FDG PET/CT-Scan for large vessel vasculitis in patients with persistent polymyalgia rheumatica

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is often the presenting manifestation of giant cell arteritis (GCA). Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan often discloses the presence of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in PMR patients. We aimed to identify predictive factors of a positive PET/CT scan for LVV in patients classified as having isolated PMR according to well-established criteria.

Source: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism - May 18, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Diana Prieto-Pe ña, Isabel Martínez-Rodríguez, Javier Loricera, Ignacio Banzo, Mónica Calderón-Goercke, Vanesa Calvo-Río, Carmen González-Vela, Alfonso Corrales, Santos Castañeda, Ricardo Blanco, José L. Hernández, Miguel Á. González-Gay Source Type: research