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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug 7:2017:bcr2017220177.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220177.

Old tiger man: a case of sarcoid myopathy

João Ferreira Fonseca  1   2 , Flávio Costa  3 , Manuel Teixeira Veríssimo  1   2 , Armando Carvalho  1   2
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Old tiger man: a case of sarcoid myopathy

João Ferreira Fonseca et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: muscle disease; rheumatology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
F-18 FDG PET/CT findings. Increased uptake was noted in hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes (A), and nodular hypercaptation was seen in both legs (B) in transaxial images.
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Figure 2
F-18 FDG PET/CT findings. Maximum intensity projection mode shows the characteristic linear ‘tiger man’ uptake pattern of muscular sarcoidosis in upper and lower limbs.
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