title: Monitoring the Therapy of Extensive Osseous Sarcoidosis With FDG PET/CT.
abstract: FDG PET/CT was performed in a 47-year-old man to evaluate possible malignancy of the spine revealed by MRI. The PET images revealed numerous focal FDG activity throughout the skeletal system. In addition, multiple foci of the increased activity in the mediastinal and hilar nodes were noted, suggestive of sarcoidosis, which was proven following biopsy. Therapy for sarcoidosis was initiated. In the subsequent 4 follow-up FDG PET/CT scans, the activity in both the bones and mediastinal/hilar regions fluctuated. However, anatomical abnormality in the bones on the CT images was never visualized during the entire clinical course.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, American Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and †Department of Pulmonary and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Numani
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18