From the Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho-Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina.
Nuclear Medicine Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cure a Carattere Scientifico, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna.
Clin Nucl Med. 2022 Aug 1;47(8):e550-e551. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004155. Epub 2022 Mar 30.
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.
巨细胞动脉炎是老年人中最常见的炎性风湿性疾病,通常发生在 50 岁以上的患者中,女性更为多见。全身正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描(PET/CT)是这种疾病诊断中的一种新兴影像学检查手段,可对受累的关节和关节外结构进行全面评估。