Large vessel vasculitis: imaging standards of 18F-FDG PET/CT

Improvements in positron emission tomography (PET) technology have contributed to increased diagnostic accuracy in patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV) over the last decades. Many systematic reviews and meta-analyses were conducted, and earlier diagnosis by 18F-FDG PET can be made in patients suspected of having LVV. Two subtypes, Takayasu arteritis and giant cell arteritis, will progress when poorly responding to corticosteroids and...