Radioisotope bone scanning in chronic osseous sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis is rarely recognized as an osseous manifestations alone. Patients with osseous involvement usually have a chronic multivisceral form of the disease. The authors report a case of osseous sarcoidosis without other visceral involvement. A bone scan was requested to evaluate the extent of the bone involvement and explore buttocks pain.
Benelhadj
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Service de Médecine Nucléaire de Biophysique (du Pr Grall), Laribolsère Hôpital, Paris, France.
Patrois
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F
Duet
M
M
Bérolatti
B
B
Mundler
O
O
D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002081:Buttocks; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate