Giant-cell arteritis of the female genital tract associated with occult temporal arteritis and FDG-PET evidence of large-vessel vasculitis

Gianluigi Bajocchi; Giovanna Zamorani; Alberto Cavazza; Nicolò Pipitone; Annibale Versari; Luigi Boiardi; Carlo Salvarani

Giant-cell arteritis of the female genital tract associated with occult temporal arteritis and FDG-PET evidence of large-vessel vasculitis

Gianluigi Bajocchi, Giovanna Zamorani, Alberto Cavazza, Nicolò Pipitone, Annibale Versari, Luigi Boiardi, Carlo Salvarani

Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova

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Abstract

We describe a case of giant cell arteritis (GCA) of the female genital tract. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (¹⁸F-FDG PET) and CT-scan showed evidence of large-vessel vasculitis involving the thoracic aorta and its branches, while temporal artery biopsy showed arteritis despite the absence of clinical manifestations suggestive of GCA. We review the literature and discuss the relationship between "cranial" GCA, large-vessel GCA and female genital GCA.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Volume	25
Issue number	1 SUPPL. 44
Publication status	Published - Jan 2007

Keywords

Female genital tract
Giant cell arteritis
Positron emission tomography
Temporal artery biopsy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Rheumatology
Immunology

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Giant-cell arteritis of the female genital tract associated with occult temporal arteritis and FDG-PET evidence of large-vessel vasculitis. / Bajocchi, Gianluigi; Zamorani, Giovanna; Cavazza, Alberto; Pipitone, Nicolò; Versari, Annibale; Boiardi, Luigi; Salvarani, Carlo.

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