Effectiveness of PET Scan in Postoperative Long Term Follow up of Patients with Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer

Takayasu’s Arteritis (TA) is a autoimmune disease charecterised by chronic vasculitis mainly involving the aorta and its main branches and causes organ ischemia especially in advanced stage. Neurological complications may developed in advanced stage. The patient is having no prominent clinical sign except vertigo; even though, three out of four main vessels are occluded. Multiple hyperintens signal intensities suggesting ischemic changes were seen at periventricular white matter on brain MR imaging. Right internal carotid artery and both vertebral arteries were seen as a totally occluded on cerebral MRA and confirmed by digital subtraction angiography. The diagnosis of TA was made by clinical, radiologic, and laboratory findings, and then, treatment was started.