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Papillary muscle inflammation in Takayasu's arteritis revealed by FDG-PET
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Academic Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, Brussels 1070, Belgium
2 Department of Vascular Diseases, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Academic Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, Brussels 1070, Belgium
3 Department of Radiology, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Academic Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, Brussels 1070, Belgium
4 Department of Cardiology, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Academic Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, Brussels 1070, Belgium
5 Department of Nephrology, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Academic Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, Brussels 1070, Belgium
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An 18-year-old woman with a recent history of Takayasu's arteritis and Crohn's disease was admitted with severe hypertension, haemodynamic pulmonary oedema, fever, and increased serum C-reactive protein. Corticosteroid treatment had been discontinued 4 months prior