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PET CT scan of GCA patient with aortic involvement

PET CT scan of GCA patient with aortic involvement
PET CT scan of a patient with biopsy-proven GCA, showing increased FDG uptake in the walls of the ascending and descending aorta.
PET: positron emission tomography; CT: computed tomography; GCA: giant cell arteritis; FDG: fluorodeoxyglucose.
From: Docken WP. Two inflammatory conditions—polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis-share clinical connection. The Rheumatologist 2013. http://www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/two-inflammatory-conditionspolymyalgia-rheumatica-and-giant-cell-arteritisshare-clinical-connection/. Copyright © 2013 American College of Rheumatology. Reproduced with permission of John Wiley & Sons Inc. This image has been provided by or is owned by Wiley. Further permission is needed before it can be downloaded to PowerPoint, printed, shared or emailed. Please contact Wiley's permissions department either via email: permissions@wiley.com or use the RightsLink service by clicking on the 'Request Permission' link accompanying this article on Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com).
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