positron emission tomography (PET) and systemic sclerosis Archives

Abstract Number: 1278 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Combined Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessing Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: A Pilot Study
Sue-Ann Ng¹, Stephanie Marchesseau², Yu Tien Wang³, Josh Schaefferkoetter², Wanying Xie⁴, David Ng⁴, John Totman² and Andrea HL Low¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ²Clinical Imaging Research Center, A*STAR & National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ³Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, ⁴Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a multi-organ fibrotic disease, affects the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) in 90% of patients. An urgent unmet need in the management of…

Abstracts tagged "positron emission tomography (PET) and systemic sclerosis"