Figure 1. (A) 18-fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) of a 76-year-old woman, showing FDG uptake in bilateral shoulders, sternoclavicular joints, elbows, wrists, hip joints, greater trochanters, ischial tuberosities, and knee joints. FDG accumulation was also observed in the surgical wound on the right anterior chest after an aortic valve replacement. (B) 18F-FDG-PET/CT showed FDG uptake in lumbar spinous processes and hip joints.

From: Polymyalgia Rheumatica Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin

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