Muscle sarcoidosis following malignant lymphoma: diagnosis by MR imaging.
We report on a case of intramuscular sarcoidosis in a patient with gastric malignant lymphoma that had been operated on before, and discuss the role of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in characterizing sarcoid nodules in muscle and distinguishing them from lymphoma.
Nakamura
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Department of Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575 Japan. nakamura@patholo2.med.tohoku.ac.jp
Kurihara
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N
Sato
A
A
Nakamura
M
M
Koyama
K
K
Suzuki
H
H
Saito
H
H
Ishibashi
T
T
Takahashi
S
S
D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery