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MODERN　RHEUMATOLOGY Vol.14　No.3 　 　　　　　　　　　　
Clinical usefulness of multiplanar reconstruction images obtained by multi-slice computed tomographic angiography for early-stage Takayasus arteritis
Eiji Sada1 , Masashi Kohno2, Kikue Iwamasa2, Hitoshi Hasegawa2, Teruhito Mochizuki3, Tetsuzo Yamauchi4 and Shigeru Fujita2

(1) Department of Medical Technology, Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences, 543 Takoda, Tobe, Ehime, 791-2101, Japan
(2) First Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
(3) Department of Radiology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
(4) Matsuyama Shimin Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan

Received: 20 June 2003 Accepted: 21 February 2004
Abstract
　We describe a case of Takayasus arteritis discovered during the early stage (prepulseless stage). Cervical ultrasonography and multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images obtained by computed tomography (CT) showed thickening and stenosis of the walls of the common carotid arteries. However, magnetic resonance arteriography (MRA), volume rendering (VR) imaging CT, and maximum intensity projection (MIP) imaging CT could detect no obvious abnormality. We emphasize the importance of noninvasive vascular investigation with cervical ultrasonography and MPR imaging CT to support the diagnosis of early-stage Takayasus arteritis.
 
Key words
Cervical ultrasonography - Early stage - Multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) image - Multislice computed tomography - Takayasus arteritis
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