TY  - JOUR
AU  - Burghaus, Lothar
AU  - Kabbasch, Christoph
AU  - Deckert, Martina
AU  - Ruge, Maximilian I.
AU  - Fink, Gereon R.
AU  - Langen, Karl-Josef
AU  - Galldiks, Norbert
TI  - FET PET in Primary Central Nervous System Vasculitis
JO  - Clinical nuclear medicine
VL  - 43
IS  - 9
SN  - 0363-9762
CY  - Philadelphia, Pa.
PB  - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
M1  - FZJ-2018-05051
SP  - e322 - e323
PY  - 2018
AB  - Primary central nervous system vasculitis is confined to the brain and spinal cord. While serological markers of inflammation are usually normal, conventional angiography may confirm the diagnosis. The diagnostic method of choice is central nervous system biopsy. A 57-year-old man suffered from a first generalized epileptic seizure. MRI revealed a contrast-enhancing lesion, and O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine amino acid PET displayed increased metabolic activity, both findings highly suggestive of a malignant glioma. Surprisingly, histology obtained following stereotactic biopsy revealed small-vessel vasculitis.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:30080188
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000450008600009
DO  - DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000002197
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/851402
ER  -