Löfgren Syndrome on 18F-FDG PET/CT
| Autor: | Suzanne J. M. Tol, Maurits Wondergem, Wouter A. M. Broos, Remco J.J. Knol, Friso M. van der Zant |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Sarcoidosis business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Löfgren syndrome Erythema Nodosum Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography Positron-Emission Tomography Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Fdg pet ct Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 47:61-62 |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 0363-9762 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/rlu.0000000000003746 |
| Popis: | A 58-year-old man presented with fever, erythema nodosum, and arthralgia of knee and ankle joints. Laboratory data showed signs of inflammation, and chest x-ray revealed bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. 18F-FDG PET/CT was acquired to analyze the underlying causes and revealed FDG accumulation in thoracic lymphadenopathy and in subcutaneous lesions and periarticular uptake. This typical triad is known as Löfgren syndrome, an acute manifestation of sarcoidosis and which, as this case shows, can be visualized on 18F-FDG PET/CT. It is important to recognize this syndrome and to discriminate it from the classic presentation of sarcoidosis because of its different diagnostic and therapeutic consequences. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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