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

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007 Jan-Feb;25(1 Suppl 44):S36-9.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Thoracic / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / drug therapy
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uterine Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Uterine Diseases / drug therapy

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Prednisone