Fig. 11From: Imaging of the aortic root on high-pitch non-gated and ECG-gated CT: awareness is the key!A 47-year-old male with atypical chest pain. Axial CTA image (a) shows circumferential wall thickening (arrow) of the ascending aorta. Axial fused and coronal maximum intensity projection (MIP) F-18 FDG PET-CT images (b and c) shows increased FDG uptake in aortic wall (arrow) consistent with active vasculitis (temporal artery biopsy showed giant cell arteritis)Back to article page