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Imaging of vasculitis: State of the art
- Source :
- Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 30:688-706
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- The increasing availability and improvement of imaging techniques are making a profound impact in the evaluation and management of patients with vasculitis, particularly for those with large vessel vasculitis, and will most likely play an ever more important role in the future. Deep, large vessels can be examined by CT or MRI, while ultrasound is the method of choice for the evaluation of superficial vessels (such as temporal, carotid, and axillary arteries). PET is very sensitive in detecting large vessel inflammation, but it does not delineate the vessel wall. Imaging studies can also be used to monitor the disease course and the development of late vascular complication. This review will focus on the role of imaging studies in diagnosing and monitoring LVV, but will also mention their principal applications in medium and small-sized vessel vasculitis. Indications and limitations of the available imaging modalities will be discussed as well.
- Subjects :
- Vasculitis
Positron emission tomography
medicine.medical_specialty
Vascular complication
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Imaging
Disease course
03 medical and health sciences
Magnetic resonance imaging
0302 clinical medicine
Rheumatology
Large vessel vasculitis
Ultrasound
medicine
Medical imaging
Humans
Color duplex ultrasonography
Computed tomography
Ultrasonography
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography
cardiovascular system
Radiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Preclinical imaging
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15216942
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....06e5625fce114afc454273989549e71b