PET scan: findings in a patient with severe cutaneous and systemic sarcoidosis
| Autor: | J. C. J. M. Veraart, Cécile D. J. M. de Pont, Stefan Vöö, Rémy L.M. Mostard, Marinus J.P.G. van Kroonenburgh, Annet Westers-Attema, Marjolein Drent |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Dermatologie, Cardiologie, Pulmonologie, RS: NUTRIM - R3 - Chronic inflammatory disease and wasting |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Sarcoidosis Systemic sarcoidosis diagnosis skin lesions Disease Black female F-18 FDG PET scanning POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 follow-up Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Skin medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Multisystem disease Positron emission tomography inflammation Positron-Emission Tomography Etiology Female Radiology business Skin lesion |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 36(11), 1049-1050. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 0363-9762 |
| Popis: | Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology characterized by the formation of noncaseating epithelioid-cell granulomas. We present a black female patient with severe cutaneous and systemic sarcoidosis. In the diagnostic work-up a F-18 FDG PET scan demonstrated the extensiveness of the disease. The scan was combined with a low-dose CT for attenuation correction and improvement of the localization of the identified abnormalities. The presented case showed that F-18 FDG PET scan is useful not only in the diagnostic work-up and the assessment of the extent of sarcoidosis activity but also in the follow-up. |
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