18F-FDG PET/CT in Late Acquisition Identifies Sites of Active Disease in Treated Takayasu Arteritis.

Objective: Few studies have taken advantage of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography associated with computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) to personalize patient evaluation and identify sites of more active disease in Takayasu arteritis (TA)-treated patients. This study aimed to evaluate the utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in late acquisition in identifying sites of active disease in patients under full treatment for TA.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, patients under full treatment underwent whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Pregnancy: A Single-Center Observational Study of 69 Pregnancies.

Objective:  To evaluate the effects of pregnancy in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.

Methods:  The present article is a retrospective cohort study. Data were collected from medical records of pregnant women with SLE from January 2002 to December 2012 at Universidade Estadual de Campinas, in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil.