MRI of sarcoidosis patients with musculoskeletal symptoms.
OBJECTIVE
Our objective was to determine MRI findings in sarcoidosis patients with musculoskeletal symptoms.


CONCLUSIONS
In sarcoidosis patients with musculoskeletal complaints, MRI reveals marrow and soft-tissue lesions that are occult or underestimated on radiographs. Axial and large-bone lesions may resemble osseous metastases on MRI. Most lesions detected are nonspecific in appearance, except nodular muscle lesions. MRI reveals features suggesting the diagnosis, but with standard protocols, no pathognomonic MRI features were determined.
Department of Radiology (Musculoskeletal), NYU Medical Center, 560 First Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA. sandra.moore@med.nyu.edu
Sandra L
SL
Moore
Alvin
A
Teirstein
Cornelia
C
Golimbu
D001706:Biopsy; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed