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Arteritis
Research conducted at J.N. Abdul and co-authors has provided new information about arteritis
October 14th, 2008
"A majority of the clinical use of positron emission tomography (PET)- computed tomography (CT) is related to cancer management. Its application in evaluating inflammatory diseases and pyrexia of unknown origin is becoming popular," scientists in Serdang, Malaysia report. "We reviewed the fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT findings of an 80-year-old woman with nonspecific clinical presentation consisting of generalised malaise, moderately high fever and weight loss. Prior CT and magnetic resonance imaging were not helpful in providing a clinical diagnosis," wrote J.N. Abdul and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "The diagnosis was Horton's...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-10-14)
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