(18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging in granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Frank De Geeter, Pieterjan Gykiere

Journal: Hellenic journal of nuclear medicine 2016;19(1):5-6

PMID: 26929934

Abstract

The paper gives an overview of the literature data on uptake of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) into the different tissue lesions which may occur in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly called Wegener's syndrome). It discusses the cellular mechanisms of such (18)F-FDG uptake, which provide a basis for its interpretation in the context of (18)F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET) for inflammatory conditions.

Address: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan, Brugge-Oostende Ruddershove 10, B-8000 Brugge, Belgium. [email protected].

DOI: 10.1967/s0024499100331

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MeSH Terms: Evidence-Based Medicine, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Humans, Image Enhancement, Multimodal Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography, Radiopharmaceuticals, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tomography, X-Ray Computed