Takayasu arteritis and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in an elderly woman

Korean J Intern Med. 2015 Nov;30(6):934-7. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2015.30.6.934. Epub 2015 Oct 30.

Authors

Hee-Jeong Lee¹, Jae Pil Hwang², Hyun-Sook Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

No abstract available

Keywords: Antiphospholipid syndrome; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Takayasu arteritis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / blood
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / blood
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / diagnosis
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / drug therapy
Biomarkers / blood
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Multimodal Imaging / methods
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Takayasu Arteritis / complications*
Takayasu Arteritis / diagnosis
Takayasu Arteritis / drug therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
Anticoagulants
Biomarkers
Glucocorticoids
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18