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ArticleClinical case reports2026

Mesenteric Involvement in Large-Vessel Giant Cell Arteritis: Why PET-CT Findings Should Be Paired With Objective Ischemia-Risk and Gastrointestinal Follow-Up Reporting.

Muhammad Abdullah Awan, Hammad-Ud-Din Raza

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Muhammad Abdullah AwanWah Medical College National University of Medical Sciences Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1854-3665
Hammad-Ud-Din RazaWah Medical College National University of Medical Sciences Pakistan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PET-CT is valuable for identifying large-vessel giant cell arteritis with mesenteric involvement, but case-based learning is strengthened when vascular uptake is paired with objective ischemia-risk assessment, gastrointestinal monitoring, and longer follow-up. Future reports should distinguish mesenteric arteritis, bowel ischemia, colitis, and functional gastrointestinal symptoms with reproducible clinical, biochemical, endoscopic, and imaging endpoints.

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functional gut syndromegiant cell arteritislarge‐vessel vasculitismesenteric ischemiaPET‐CTtocilizumab

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PMID42491303
PMCPMC13376340

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