AJR:194, March 2010
Daniel Spira, Ina Kotter, Ulrike Ernemann, Bernd Balletshofer, Christina A. Pfannenberg, Michael Fenchel, Marius Horger
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to illustrate multitechnique imaging findings in patients with primary and secondary vasculitides involving large and medium-sized ves¬sels and their mimics.
CONCLUSION. Large and medium-sized vessels are affected by many primary and secondary inflammatory disorders or mimicking conditions, often presenting similar imag¬ing characteristics. Knowledge of distinctive imaging features such as location, length, and degree of vessel wall enhancement as well as the particular clinical settings will help the cli¬nician in appropriately narrowing down the differential diagnosis.