[67Ga scintigraphy in acute sarcoidosis with Heerfordt's syndrome].
Sarcoidosis is a chronic multisystem disorder of unknown etiology characterized by non-caseating epitheloid granulomas. We report a case of a 29-year old female with acute sarcoidosis and Heerfordt's syndrome (parotid enlargement, anterior uveitis and facial nerve palsy) who had a typical clinical constellation but no histologic criteria of a granulomatous inflammatory process in transbronchial lung biopsy. 67Ga scintigraphy revealed such a typical pattern of accumulation that sarcoidosis could be diagnosed despite negative histological findings.
Schamberger
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, FRG.
Jonas
M
M
Barenbrock
M
M
Sciuk
J
J
Schober
O
O
D000328:Adult; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D010243:Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013577:Syndrome; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014605:Uveitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes
67Ga-Szintigraphie bei akuter Sarkoidose mit Heerfordt-Syndrom.