- 著者
- Itaru Hayakawa Junwa Kunimatsu Riri Watanabe Kazuo Kubota Atsuto Yoshizawa
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本内科学会
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.51, no.24, pp.3431-3434, 2012 (Released:2012-12-15)
- 参考文献数
- 27
- 被引用文献数
- 2 2 1
The early diagnosis and treatment of Takayasu arteritis (TA) is crucial to prevent the devastating complications of vascular insufficiency. This report describes a patient with a persistent fever in whom carotid artery tenderness led to a diagnosis of TA. This case suggests that carotid artery tenderness is a useful physical finding that warrants 2-deoxy-2-[Fluorine-18] fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography to confirm a diagnosis of early TA.