Gallium-67 scintigraphy in the diagnosis and management of chronic sarcoid myopathy.
The authors describe a patient with chronic sarcoid myopathy. Except for the presence of left posterior synechia, no other organ involvement was observed. Gallium-67 ((67)Ga) scintigraphy showed many intense nodular uptake areas in both the upper and lower extremities. Treatment with oral prednisolone 30 mg/day resulted in a marked improvement on (67)Ga scintigraphy. This case suggests that (67)Ga scintigraphy is useful for the differential diagnosis of systemic myopathies and also for monitoring the effect of glucocorticoid treatment.
Suehiro
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Department of Immunobiology and Neuroscience, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Tsurumihara 4546, Beppu, Oita 874-0838, Japan.
Shiokawa
S
S
Taniguchi
S
S
Sakai
Y
Y
Goda
H
H
Shiratsuchi
M
M
Sugimura
T
T
Hatakenaka
M
M
Yoshikawa
Y
Y
Ikuyama
S
S
Nishimura
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005708:Gallium; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D011239:Prednisolone; D005708:Gallium