Pet scan: Findings in a patient with severe cutaneous and systemic sarcoidosis
- Westers Attema, A.
- Veraart, J.C.J.M.
- de Pont, C.D.
- Mostard, R.L.
- Voo, S.A.
- van Kroonenburgh, M.J.
- Drent, M.
Publication date
November 2011
DOIAbstract
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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