Implementation of positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose associated with computed tomography in patients with sarcoidosis. Its effect on disease staging and the therapeutic approach
a total of 31 patients (18 males) were evaluated, with an average age of 54.6±14.71 years and 11±5.75 years since their sarcoidosisdiagnosis. In the 84.6% of the reviews, positive uptake was objectified on the 18F-FDGPET/TC. In the 42.3% of the occasions, the objectified find ing allowed restaging of the patient. The 18F-FDGPET/TC result justified the choice of treatment in the 71% of the reviews.
Conclusions:
18F-FDGPET/TC provided additional advantages in the staging and therapeutic management of patients with sarcoidosis, compared with the evaluation of signs and symptoms and other clinical tests usually employed in follow up, due to its greater accuracy in determining the activity and extension of the disease. (Acta Med Colomb 2022; 48. DOI https//doi.org/10.36104/amc.2023.2778).