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From: Psoriatic arthritis and sacroiliitis are associated with increased vascular inflammation by 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography: baseline report from the Psoriasis Atherosclerosis and Cardiometabolic Disease Initiative

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18-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography delineates vascular inflammation. Images shown are representative computed tomography (CT) (left panels), 18-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) (center panels) and fused FDG-PET/CT transaxial (right panels) scans from a patient with an unaffected aortic vasculature (upper panel) and one with an inflamed aortic vasculature (lower panel). Regions of interest outlining the ascending thoracic aorta are depicted in yellow in all images. A ring-shaped focus of increased metabolic activity in the aortic wall is also shown (blue arrows in FDG/PET and fused FDG-PET/CT images).

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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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