Nodular-type muscle sarcoidosis developing after a dog bite.
We report a 46-year-old woman who experienced swelling of the right thigh around the wound caused by a dog bite. Physical findings, laboratory findings, imaging studies, and muscle biopsy showed that this was nodular-type muscle sarcoidosis. This is an unusual case of sarcoidosis, and the possibility is discussed that a dog bite may serve as a trauma to trigger sarcoidosis in genetically predisposed individuals.
Koide
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Department of Neurology, Kasai City Hospital, 1-13 Yokoo, Hojo-cho, Kasai-shi, Hyogo 675-2393, Japan. yuri_jap@yahoo.com.jp
Ishihara
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Kanda
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D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005708:Gallium; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000209:etiology*
D005708:Gallium