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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Sarcoidose
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Esteroides
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Cálculos Renais
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Compostos Radiofarmacêuticos
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Fluordesoxiglucose F18
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Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons
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Hipercalcemia
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Linfonodos
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Inglês
Revista:
Journal of Korean Medical Science
Ano de publicação:
2013
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