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A Peculiar 18F-FDG Spinal Uptake Helps Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica: "The Corset Sign".

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ABSTRACT Polymyalgia rheumatica is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease in elderly people, usually develops in patients older than 50 years, more frequently in females. An emerging imaging tool in… Click to show full abstract

ABSTRACT Polymyalgia rheumatica is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease in elderly people, usually develops in patients older than 50 years, more frequently in females. An emerging imaging tool in the diagnostic workup of this condition is whole-body PET/CT, which allows an overall assessment of the articular and extra-articular structures involved.

Keywords: 18f fdg; fdg spinal; polymyalgia; peculiar 18f; polymyalgia rheumatica

Journal Title: Clinical nuclear medicine
Year Published: 2022

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