Incidental detection of thoracic sarcoidosis on whole-body 18fluorine-2- fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography.
18 Fluorine-2- Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose positron emission tomography (18FDG PET) allows imaging of sites with increased metabolic activity. Increased metabolic activity in mediastinal nodes in sarcoidosis has been described. We report the prospective diagnosis of thoracic sarcoidosis on 18FDG PET based on extensive, peripheral, upper lobe parenchymal, and mediastinal nodal tracer uptake.
University of California, Department of Radiology, San Francisco General Hospital, 94110, USA. michael.gotway@radiology.ucsf.edu
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Gotway
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Storto
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Golden
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Reddy
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Webb
D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18