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Case Reports
. 2011 Jan-Feb;30(1):29-32.
doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2010.04.013. Epub 2010 Jul 16.

Pancreatic involvement detected with (18)F-FDG PET/CT in disseminated sarcoidosis

R C Delgado-Bolton  1 , J A Arias Navalón, B Rodríguez Alfonso, A N Delgado-Bolton, M J Pérez-Castejón, R Sánchez-Escribano, M N Cabrera Martín, L Lapeña Gutiérrez, J L Carreras Delgado
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Pancreatic involvement detected with (18)F-FDG PET/CT in disseminated sarcoidosis

R C Delgado-Bolton et al. Rev Esp Med Nucl. 2011 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

La sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. It may mimic malignancy and may affect multiple organs, with a variable clinical course. Pancreatic involvement is very rare. We present the case of a 78-year-old woman with systemic sarcoidosis whose (18)F-FDG PET/CT scan showed a pancreatic lesion and multiple lymphatic (thoracic and non-thoracic) and visceral lesions. The abnormal (18)F-FDG uptake in the pancreas was limited to the tail. A second (18)F-FDG PET/CT study performed 4 months and 3 weeks after the first PET/CT, following corticosteroid therapy during three and a half months, evidenced partial regression of the disease, with persistent (18)F-FDG pathological uptake in the pancreatic lesion.

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