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Arthritis Res Ther
December 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge. Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain.
Objective: To investigate differences in arterial involvement patterns on F-FDG PET-CT between predominant cranial and isolated extracranial phenotypes of giant cell arteritis (GCA).
Methods: A retrospective review of F-FDG PET-CT findings was conducted on 140 patients with confirmed GCA. The patients were divided into two groups: the cranial group, which presented craniofacial ischemic symptoms either at diagnosis or during follow-up, and the isolated extracranial group which never exhibited such manifestations.
Clin Nucl Med
December 2024
Nuclear Medicine, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
We report FDG PET/CT findings of fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma coincidence with para-aortic paraganglioma in a 27-year-old man. He presented with painless gross hematuria for 3 days. CT identified an enhancing lesion in the left kidney, suggestive of a tumor.
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December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Teikyo University Hospital, 2-21-1 Kaga, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, 173-8606, Japan.
Background: Cardiac myxoma rarely occurs in the right ventricle, and as is a benign disease, it rarely shows high positivity on 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT).
Case Presentation: We present herein the case of a 77-year-old woman who was found to have a heart murmur during a routine health checkup. Further examination revealed a 27-mm tumor in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) and moderate aortic valve stenosis.
Clin Nucl Med
December 2024
From the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
In oncology, G-CSF (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor) is often administered to counteract chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Recent studies have highlighted a significant side effect, G-CSF-associated aortitis, with an incidence of ~0.4%.
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December 2024
The First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
The patient was a 57-year-old man who developed bilateral thigh pain and chest tightness one year ago. Chest CT scan showed reticular shadows, thickened interlobular septa in both lung fields, and pericardial effusion. Three months ago, his symptoms worsened.
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