Connecting the dots: a story of unknown fever, acute coronary syndrome and pan-aortitis-an occult relapse of a large vessel vasculitis

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 May 5;12(5):e230424. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230424.

Authors

Abuelmagd Abdalla¹, Imran Ali¹, David Murphy², Eamonn Molloy¹

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology Department, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
² Radiology Department, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular medicine; geriatric medicine; infectious diseases; vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology
Aged
Female
Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / therapeutic use
Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnostic imaging*
Giant Cell Arteritis / physiopathology
Humans
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods
Recurrence
Whole Body Imaging

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18