Occult Giant Cell Arteritis Concurrent With Pancreatic Carcinoma Revealed by 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Dec;43(12):941-942. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002314.

Abstract

An F-FDG PET/CT was performed on a 74-year-old woman with pancreatic carcinoma and liver metastases. Occult giant cell arteritis, involving the aorta, truncus brachiocephalicus, subclavian arteries, axillaries, external carotid arteries, vertebral arteries, and superficial temporal arteries, was accidentally revealed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / complications
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18