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. 2022 Aug 1;47(8):e550-e551.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004155. Epub 2022 Mar 30.

A Peculiar 18 F-FDG Spinal Uptake Helps Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica : "The Corset Sign"

Helena Lanzafame  1 , Lucia Zanoni  2 , Vincenzo Allegri  2 , Rita Mulè  3 , Stefano Fanti
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A Peculiar 18 F-FDG Spinal Uptake Helps Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica : "The Corset Sign"

Helena Lanzafame et al. Clin Nucl Med. .

Abstract

Polymyalgia rheumatica is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease in elderly people, usually develops in patients older than 50 years, more frequently in females. An emerging imaging tool in the diagnostic workup of this condition is whole-body PET/CT, which allows an overall assessment of the articular and extra-articular structures involved.

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