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

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Published
16 December 2016
Section
Radiological vignette
DOI
10.4081/reumatismo.2016.911
Pages
163-165

Abstract

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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