Characteristics and Clinical Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Management of Adult-Onset Still's Disease : 35 Cases

While the diagnosis of adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) involves the exclusion of differential diagnoses, the characteristics and value of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) Positron Emission Tomography coupled with CT (PET/CT) in the management of AOSD remain poorly known. Our retrospective study included patients from four centers, fulfilling Yamaguchi or Fautrel criteria, who underwent a PET/CT during an active AOSD. Thirty-five patients were included. At the time of PET/CT, the Yamaguchi criteria were met in 23 of 29 evaluable cases. PET/CT showed bone marrow (74.3%), lymph node (74.3%), and splenic (48.6%) FDG uptake. Despite arthralgia or arthritis in most patients, joints were rarely the sites of 18F-FDG accumulation. The spatial distribution of 18F-FDG uptake was nonspecific, and its intensity could be similar to malignant disease. Lymph node or bone marrow biopsy was performed after PET/CT in 20 patients (57.1%). The intensity of bone marrow; splenic and lymph node hypermetabolism appeared to be correlated with disease activity. Abnormal PET/CT in the cervical lymph nodes and age ≥ 60 years seemed to be predictive factors for monocyclic evolution. The clinical value of PET/CT is not in direct diagnosis; but as an aid in excluding differential diagnoses by searching for their scintigraphic features and guiding biopsy.

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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Journal of clinical medicine - 10(2021), 11 vom: 04. Juni

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Englisch

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Brisset, Josselin [VerfasserIn]
Jamilloux, Yvan [VerfasserIn]
Dumonteil, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Lades, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Killian, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Gerfaud-Valentin, Mathieu [VerfasserIn]
Lemaire, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Chroboczek, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]
Liozon, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Gondran, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Sève, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Monteil, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Fauchais, Anne-Laure [VerfasserIn]
Ly, Kim Heang [VerfasserIn]

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18F-FDG PET/CT
Adult-onset Still’s disease
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Date Revised 05.07.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.3390/jcm10112489

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NLM327465646