Giant cell arteritis in a patient with fever of unknown origin ()
Timur Selcuk Akpinar,
Busra Alpaslan,
Raim Iliaz,
Goknur E. Isik,
Bulent Saka
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
DOI: 10.4236/ojim.2013.32014
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Abstract
Fever
of unknown (FUO) origin challenging clinical condition. The causes of FUO are
diverse: possible etiologies include infectious diseases, chronic granulomatous
diseases, malignity, connective tissue disorders and vasculitis. Giant cell
arteritis which affects the aorta and its main branches, contributes up to 17%
of cases with fever of unknown origin above age 50. There is increasing
evidence for a role for18F-FDG
PET/CT in the diagnosis of vasculitis and18F-FDG PET/CT is a useful technic for evaluation of the FUO. Clinical studies show
that FDG-PET is a useful diagnostic aid in obscure cases of fever of unknown
origin. We report here a case of a 54-year-old woman who present to our clinic
with FUO due to giant cell vasculitis.
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Akpinar, T. , Alpaslan, B. , Iliaz, R. , Isik, G. and Saka, B. (2013) Giant cell arteritis in a patient with fever of unknown origin.
Open Journal of Internal Medicine,
3, 58-59. doi:
10.4236/ojim.2013.32014.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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