Potential Application of Diffusion-Weighted Whole-Body Imaging with Background Body Signal Suppression for Disease Activity Assessment in Takayasu Arteritis —In Search of the “Golden Mean”: Case Report

The case report describes our first experience of “diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background body signal suppression” (DWIBS) application for disease activity assessment in a young female patient with Takayasu arteritis (TA). Despite the normal level of inflammatory markers, clinical signs of disease recurrence were present. In our case, DWIBS did not only help to identify the disease recurrence in the patient with false-negative inflammatory markers but also revealed new foci involved in the TA process.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - July 30, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Lazar Davidovic, Viktoriya Tsay Tags: Case Report Source Type: research