Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography for the diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis in stroke: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography for the diagnosis of Takayasu s arteritis in stroke a case report Carl-Albrecht Haensch 1 Dirk-Armin Rohlen2 and Stefan Isenmann1 Address Department of Neurology HELIOS-Klinikum Wuppertal and University of Witten Herdecke Heusnerstrafie 40 D-42283 Wuppertal Germany and 2Radprax Wuppertal Bergstrafie 7-9 D-42105 Wuppertal Germany Email Carl-Albrecht Haensch - Dirk-Armin Rohlen - info@ Stefan Isenmann - Corresponding author Published 24 July 2008 Received 28 August 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 239 doi 1752-1947-2-239 Accepted 24 July 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 239 2008 Haensch et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Diagnosis of Takayasu s arteritis as the cause of stroke is often delayed because of non-specific clinical presentation. F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography may help to accurately diagnose and monitor Takayasu s arteritis in stroke patients. Case presentation We report the case of a left middle cerebral artery stroke in a 39-year-old man. Laboratory data were consistent with an inflammatory reaction. While abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed an aneurysm of the infrarenal aorta only F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography revealed pathology that is intense F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose accumulation in the carotid arteries ascending aorta and the abdominal aorta cranial to the aneurysm. After .
