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Curr Med Imaging Rev ; 15(1): 4-9, 2019.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31964321

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BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is an unknown etiology multisystem inflammatory disease in which noncaseating granulomas (a collections of inflammatory cells) form and grow in various organs, involving predominantly lungs, intrathoracic lymph node, skin and eyes. It most commonly affects patients between 20 and 40 years old of age but it could be observed at any age (female predominance; rare in Asians). DISCUSSION: The areas of the body usually affected by sarcoidosis are lungs, skin, or lymph nodes; pulmonary and mediastinal involvement is seen in over of 90% of patients. Less commonly eyes, liver, heart, and brain are involved. Any organ, however, can be affected. Early diagnosis of sarcoidosis can be difficult due to few signs and symptoms in its early stages, and when disease does occur, it may mimic other pathologies, and is made up with chest X-ray, Computed Tomography (CT)-High Resolution CT (HRCT), gallium scans. Fluoro-Deoxy Glucose- Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) is another useful tool to assess the extent of disease and has a potential to evaluate the clinical management of patients responding or not to the treatment. CONCLUSION: In this review, we would summarize in brief the clinical indications of PDG-PET in sarcoidosis and report the imaging features of the main organs involved in this disease.


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Positron-Emission Tomography/methods , Sarcoidosis/diagnostic imaging , Early Diagnosis , Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/metabolism , Humans
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Diabetes Care ; 40(11): 1556-1564, 2017 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28912305

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OBJECTIVE: Obesity is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular complications. The risk depends significantly on adipose tissue distribution. Liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 analog, is associated with weight loss, improved glycemic control, and reduced cardiovascular risk. We determined whether an equal degree of weight loss by liraglutide or lifestyle changes has a different impact on subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in obese subjects with prediabetes or early type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Sixty-two metformin-treated obese subjects with prediabetes or newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, were randomized to liraglutide (1.8 mg/day) or lifestyle counseling. Changes in SAT and VAT levels (determined by abdominal MRI), insulin sensitivity (according to the Matsuda index), and ß-cell function (ß-index) were assessed during a multiple-sampling oral glucose tolerance test; and circulating levels of IGF-I and IGF-II were assessed before and after a comparable weight loss (7% of initial body weight). RESULTS: After comparable weight loss, achieved by 20 patients per arm, and superimposable glycemic control, as reflected by HbA1c level (P = 0.60), reduction in VAT was significantly higher in the liraglutide arm than in the lifestyle arm (P = 0.028), in parallel with a greater improvement in ß-index (P = 0.021). No differences were observed in SAT reduction (P = 0.64). IGF-II serum levels were significantly increased (P = 0.024) only with liraglutide administration, and the increase in IGF-II levels correlated with both a decrease in VAT (ρ = -0.435, P = 0.056) and an increase in the ß-index (ρ = 0.55, P = 0.012). CONCLUSIONS: Liraglutide effects on visceral obesity and ß-cell function might provide a rationale for using this molecule in obese subjects in an early phase of glucose metabolism dysregulation natural history.


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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy , Insulin-Secreting Cells/drug effects , Liraglutide/therapeutic use , Obesity/drug therapy , Prediabetic State/drug therapy , Weight Loss/drug effects , Adipocytes/drug effects , Blood Glucose/metabolism , Body Mass Index , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications , Female , Glucagon-Like Peptide 1/analogs & derivatives , Glucagon-Like Peptide 1/therapeutic use , Glucose Tolerance Test , Glycated Hemoglobin/metabolism , Humans , Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism , Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/metabolism , Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism , Life Style , Longitudinal Studies , Lost to Follow-Up , Male , Metformin/therapeutic use , Middle Aged , Obesity/blood , Obesity/complications , Prediabetic State/blood , Risk Factors
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