The Expanding Role of Imaging in Systemic Vasculitis

• Published in: Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 733 - 751
• Main Authors: Prieto-González, Sergio, MD, Espígol-Frigolé, Georgina, MD, García-Martínez, Ana, MD, Alba, Marco A., MD, Tavera-Bahillo, Itziar, MD, Hernández-Rodríguez, José, MD, Renú, Arturo, MD, Gilabert, Rosa, MD, Lomeña, Francisco, MD, Cid, Maria C., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01-11-2016
• Subjects: Angiography; Computed Tomography Angiography; Diagnosis; Disease activity; Giant Cell Arteritis - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Outcome measures; Polymyalgia Rheumatica - diagnostic imaging; Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; Positron-Emission Tomography; Rheumatology; Systemic vasculitis; Systemic Vasculitis - diagnostic imaging; Treatment; Ultrasonography; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; Outcome measures; Disease activity; Treatment; Diagnosis; Systemic vasculitis; Imaging
• ISSN: 0889-857X; 1558-3163
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2016.07.009

Various imaging modalities, including color duplex ultrasonography, CT angiography, magnetic resonance angiography, and PET, are emerging as important aids to the diagnosis, staging, evaluation of disease activity and response to treatment in systemic vasculitis. Although large-vessel vasculitis is the main target of imaging, refinement and increasing accuracy of imaging modalities are also providing useful information in the evaluation of medium-vessel and small-vessel vasculitis.