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large vessel vasculitis

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large vessel vasculitis
Internal medicine Vasculitis of the aorta and its major tributaries, which supply the extremities, head, neck Examples Giant cell/temporal arteritis, Takayasu's arteritis. See Systemic vasculitis.


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FDG-PET has recently been investigated to facilitate the diagnosis and monitor disease activity in large vessel vasculitis.
The ANCA is typically positive in large vessel vasculitis, such as temporal (giant cell) arteritis
 
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