Aseptic HLA B27-positive spondylodiscitis: decreased 18F-FDG uptake after etanercept treatment

Submitted: 17 July 2016
Accepted: 11 October 2016
Published: 16 December 2016
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We observed a 69-year old man suffering from HLA B27 ankylosing spondylitis with persistent night back pain. 18F-FDG-PET/CT showed an increased metabolism at the level of the spinal space of L2-L3, L3-L4 with increased uptake compatible with spondylodiscitis. He started therapy with etanercept 50 mg/week. After six months of treatment repeated testing showed no uptake of the discs and vertebral bodies.

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M. Benucci, Rheumatology Unit, S. Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Firenze
Internal Medicine

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Benucci, M., Damiani, A., Arena, A., Infantino, M., Manfredi, M., & Li Gobbi, F. (2016). Aseptic HLA B27-positive spondylodiscitis: decreased 18F-FDG uptake after etanercept treatment. Reumatismo, 68(3), 163–165. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2016.911