Muscular Sarcoidosis Detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT in a Hypercalcemic Patient
Journal of Korean Medical Science
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: 1399-1402, 2013.
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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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Asunto principal:
Sarcoidosis
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Esteroides
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Cálculos Renales
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Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
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Radiofármacos
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Fluorodesoxiglucosa F18
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Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Hipercalcemia
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Ganglios Linfáticos
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Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Año:
2013
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