F-18 FDG PET/CT of polymyalgia rheumatica.

Abstract:We performed F-18 FDG PET/CT on a 69-year-old woman with polymyalgia rheumatica. In this case, FDG accumulated not only in the major joints of the extremities but also in the lumbar region. The anatomic structure on the PET/CT fused images turned out to be intervertebral joints, interspinal

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