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Usefulness of position emission tomography/computed tomography in a case of sarcoidosis with multiorgan involvement
Author(s) -
Amano Norihiko,
Takahashi Soshi,
Hatachi Saori,
Kumagai Shunichi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5358
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , radiology , positron emission tomography , computed tomography , multisystem disease , lesion , tomography , positron emission tomography computed tomography , nuclear medicine , disease , pathology
Sarcoidosis, a systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, can affect any site in the body. A bone lesion was unexpectedly detected by fluorodeoxyglucose position emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in a patient with multiorgan sarcoidosis. FDG PET/CT should be considered for the detection of clinically silent lesions of sarcoidosis.

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