Giant-cell arteritis: concordance study between aortic CT angiography and FDG-PET/CT in detection of large-vessel involvement.

Hubert de BoyssonAnael DumontEric LiozonMarc LambertJonathan BoutemyGwénola MaignéNicolas Martin SilvaAudrey SultanKim Heang LyNicolas AideAlain ManriqueBoris BienvenuAchille Aouba

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2017)

CTA and FDG-PET/CT were both able to detect large-vessel involvement in GCA with comparable results in a per-patient analysis. However, PET/CT showed higher performance in a per-segment analysis, especially in the detection of inflammation of the aorta's branches.

Keyphrases

pet ct
giant cell
aortic valve
pulmonary artery
loop mediated isothermal amplification
left ventricular
real time pcr
label free
case report