Muscular Sarcoidosis Detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT in a Hypercalcemic Patient
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: 1399-1402, 2013.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-44041
ABSTRACT
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that involves many organs, occasionally mimicking malignancy. We herein report a 50-yr-old woman of muscular sarcoidosis of chronic myopathic type, manifested by hypercalcemia and muscle wasting. Besides insignificant hilar lymphadenopathy, her sarcoidosis was confined to generalized atrophic muscles and therefore, F-18 FDG PET/CT alone among conventional imaging studies provided diagnostic clues for the non-parathyroid-related hypercalcemia. On follow-up PET/CT during low-dose steroid treatment, FDG uptake in the muscles disappeared whereas that in the hilar lymph nodes remained. PET/CT may be useful in the evaluation of unexpected disease extent and monitoring treatment response in suspected or known sarcoidosis patients.
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Main subject:
Sarcoidosis
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Steroids
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Kidney Calculi
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Radiopharmaceuticals
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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Hypercalcemia
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Lymph Nodes
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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