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Positron emission tomography in giant cell arteritis: a new diagnostic tool?
  1. P I Novikov,
  2. A D Meshkov,
  3. S V Moiseev
  1. Clinic of Nephrology, Internal and Occupational Diseases, First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
  1. Correspondence to Professor S V Moiseev, Rossolimo, Clinic of Nephrology, Internal and Occupational Diseases, First Moscow State Medical University, 11/5, Moscow 119435, Russia; clinpharm{at}mtu-net.ru

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206227

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    In a prospective case–control study recently published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, Prieto-González et al1 have shown a high sensitivity and specificity of positron emission tomography (PET)/CT with 18fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in 32 patients with newly diagnosed, biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). Using receiver–operator characteristic curves (ROC) analysis, the authors determined cut-off maximal standardised uptake values (SUVm) to detect vascular inflammation by PET/CT. The sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT obtained in this study was close to that calculated in a recent meta-analysis of mostly retrospective studies.2

    We used PET with FDG for diagnosis and assessment of …

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    • Contributors All authors participated in the follow-up of patients.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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      Sergio Prieto-González Marina Depetris Ana García-Martínez Georgina Espígol-Frigolé Itziar Tavera-Bahillo Marc Corbera-Bellalta Ester Planas-Rigol Marco A Alba José Hernández-Rodríguez Josep M Grau Franciso Lomeña Maria C Cid
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