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FDG PET-CT as a powerful tool for diagnosing and monitoring treatment outcomes of relapsing polychondritis
verfasst von:
Pauline Baudart, Achille Aouba, Marie Beaufrère, Nicolas Aide
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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Ausgabe 4/2018
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Excerpt
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare connective tissue disease characterized by recurrent inflammation of cartilaginous tissues [
1]. Diagnoses are often delayed until destruction of the nose, laryngeal, or ear structures has occurred. Here, we report on the use of FDG PET for the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of RP [
2,
3]. …