Detection of Inflammatory Lesions by F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients with Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis - Concepedia

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Detection of Inflammatory Lesions by F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients with Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis

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2012

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Takayoshi Owada, Reika Maezawa, Kazuhiro Kurasawa, Harutsugu Okada, Satoko Arai, Takeshi Fukuda

The Journal of Rheumatology

Abstract

FDG-PET imaging has limited usefulness for the evaluation of myositis in patients with PM/DM because of its low sensitivity, although it might be useful for detection of malignancy in these patients.

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