ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2014
FDG PET-CT combined with TBNA for the diagnosis of atypical relapsing polychondritis: report of 2 cases and a literature review.
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- Diagnosis value ofBMC medical imaging · 2023Pooled it
- Relapsing polychondritis following PD-1 blockade diagnosed via 18F-FDG PET/CT and improved by steroid administration: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Imaging features and clinical value ofArthritis research & therapy · 2023Article
- FDG-PET/CT and Auricular Cartilage Biopsy Are Useful for Diagnosing with Relapsing Polychondritis in Patients without Auricular Symptoms.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- [Diagnosis and treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis induced by relapsing polychondritis].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2020Article
- IsArthritis research & therapy · 2019Article
- (18)F-FDG PET-CT: a powerful tool for the diagnosis and treatment of relapsing polychondritis.The British journal of radiology · 2016Article
- Relapsing Polychondritis: an Update on Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnostic Tools, and Therapeutic Perspectives.Current rheumatology reports · 2016Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the value of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) combined with transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) in diagnosing atypical relapsing polychondritis (RP).
methodsData from two patients with atypical RP, which had been diagnosed in our hospital using FDG PET-CT combined with TBNA, were retrospectively analyzed. A review of the relevant literature was also performed.
resultsConsistent with the previously reported 20 cases of RP that had been diagnosed using FDG PET-CT, the two patients in the present study showed the involvement of multiple organs, including the nose, throat, trachea, bronchi, costicartilage and joint cartilages, and increased FDG uptake was found in these areas. The mean value of SUVmax was 5.14. PET-CT revealed that 86.4% of the patients with RP had airway involvement. TBNA technique was used for biopsy of the hypermetabolic lesions, and pathologic examinations confirmed the diagnosis of RP. The time to diagnosis in these two patients and the 20 cases reported previously was about 6.9 months, significantly shorter than the average diagnosis time (20 months).
conclusionsFDG PET-CT has several advantages for diagnosing RP, especially atypical RP. TBNA is a minimally invasive and safe technique for obtaining airway cartilage. Combining PET-CT with TBNA may play an important role in shortening the time to diagnosis in patients with RP involvement of airway.
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