Zhou Huijun, Su Minggang, Li Lin
Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Aug;95(33):e4496. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004496.
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an uncommon autoimmune inflammatory disease that may affect cartilage throughout the body.
We report on a case of fever of unknown origin in which 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) was performed to make a diagnosis of RP.
Our case demonstrates that the use of 18F-FDG PET/CT is a useful diagnostic tool to accurately determine the extent of inflammation throughout the body which can be identified by an increased 18F-FDG uptake.
复发性多软骨炎(RP)是一种罕见的自身免疫性炎症性疾病,可累及全身软骨。
我们报告一例不明原因发热病例,其中进行了18F-氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(18F-FDG PET/CT)以诊断RP。
我们的病例表明,使用18F-FDG PET/CT是一种有用的诊断工具,可准确确定全身炎症的范围,这可通过18F-FDG摄取增加来识别。