A Rare Case of Four-year Complete Metabolic Response in Multisystem Anti-Jo-1 Antisynthetase Syndrome Assessed by 18 F-FDG PET/CT.
Julien Dubois, Olivier Delcroix, Christelle Gallego et al.
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Case in brief
A patient with anti-Jo-1 positive antisynthetase syndrome presented with muscular, articular, cutaneous, and pulmonary involvement. The condition was assessed using 18 F-FDG PET/CT, which revealed significant abnormalities. Remarkably, after four years of follow-up, the patient achieved a complete metabolic response with resolution of all abnormalities, and no malignancy was detected.
Diagnostic / clinical pearl
The use of 18 F-FDG PET/CT can be valuable in both the initial assessment and ongoing monitoring of antisynthetase syndrome, aiding in the detection of disease activity and exclusion of malignancy.