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Muscular Sarcoidosis Detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT in a Hypercalcemic Patient
Journal of Korean Medical Science ; : 1399-1402, 2013.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-44041
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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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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Sarcoidosis / Steroids / Kidney Calculi / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Radiopharmaceuticals / Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Positron-Emission Tomography / Hypercalcemia / Lymph Nodes Limits: Female / Humans Language: English Journal: Journal of Korean Medical Science Year: 2013 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Sarcoidosis / Steroids / Kidney Calculi / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Radiopharmaceuticals / Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Positron-Emission Tomography / Hypercalcemia / Lymph Nodes Limits: Female / Humans Language: English Journal: Journal of Korean Medical Science Year: 2013 Type: Article