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

Helena Lanzafame; Lucia Zanoni; Vincenzo Allegri; Rita Mulè; Stefano Fanti

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000004155

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

Clin Nucl Med. 2022 Aug 1;47(8):e550-e551. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004155. Epub 2022 Mar 30.

Authors

Helena Lanzafame¹, Lucia Zanoni², Vincenzo Allegri², Rita Mulè³, Stefano Fanti

Affiliations

¹ From the Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho-Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina.
² Nuclear Medicine Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cure a Carattere Scientifico, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna.
³ Dipartimento della Continuità e dell'Integrazione, Programma Dipartimentale di Gestione delle Malattie Reumatiche e del Connettivo e Malattie Metaboliche dell'Osso, Istituto di Ricovero e Cure a Carattere Scientifico, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna.

PMID: 35353750
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004155

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.

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Giant Cell Arteritis*
Humans
Polymyalgia Rheumatica* / diagnostic imaging
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18