Images in Vascular Medicine: Usefulness of carotid ultrasonography for diagnosis and management of polymyalgia rheumatica-associated large-vessel vasculitis
Vasc Med
.
2021 Aug;26(4):459-461.
doi: 10.1177/1358863X21995582.
Epub 2021 Mar 18.
Authors
Takashi Nawata
1
,
Toru Ariyoshi
2
,
Shinichi Okuda
1
,
Yasuaki Wada
3
,
Makoto Kubo
1
,
Masafumi Yano
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
2
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Ultrasound Examination Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
3
Division of Clinical Laboratory, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
PMID:
33733964
DOI:
10.1177/1358863X21995582
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Cardiology*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Giant Cell Arteritis* / diagnosis
Humans
Polymyalgia Rheumatica* / diagnostic imaging
Polymyalgia Rheumatica* / drug therapy
Ultrasonography
Substances
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18