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Total metabolic lesion volume of lymph nodes measured by 18F-FDG PET/CT: a new predictor of macrophage activation syndrome in adult-onset Still's disease.

Liyan WanYuting GaoJieyu GuHuihui ChiZhihong WangQiongyi HuJinchao JiaTingting LiuBiao LiJialin TengHonglei LiuXiaobing ChengJunna YeYutong SuChengde YangHui ShiMin Zhang
Published in: Arthritis research & therapy (2021)
The glucose metabolic level of the spleen could be an effective and easy-to-use imaging indicator of disease severity, and MLVtotal of LNs > 62.2 was a strong predictor of MAS occurrence in patients with AOSD.
Keyphrases
  • lymph node
  • high resolution
  • risk assessment
  • adipose tissue
  • case report
  • type diabetes
  • metabolic syndrome
  • mass spectrometry
  • insulin resistance
  • skeletal muscle
  • photodynamic therapy