Open AccessFluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose with Positron Emission Tomography Revealed Bone Marrow Involvement in Sarcoidosis Patients with Anaemia
Author(s) -
Nicolas de Prost,
Khaldoun Kerrou,
Mathilde Sibony,
JeanNoël Talbot,
Marie Wislez,
Jacques Cadranel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000204901
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , bone marrow , positron emission tomography , hypermetabolism , biopsy , fluorodeoxyglucose , nuclear medicine , pathophysiology , radiology , pathology
Anaemia occurs in 13-28% of sarcoidosis patients. It is associated with bone marrow infiltration by epitheliod granulomas in about 50% of cases, but its pathophysiology remains unclear.
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