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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2013; 12(03): 82-86
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.136731
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Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in Sarcoidosis

Beth Vettiyil
Radiology Research Fellow, Diagnostic Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114
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Nikitha Gupta
1   Department of Biology (Premed Student), New York University, New York 10012, USA
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Rajesh Kumar
2   Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown origin. There are several modalities for diagnosis, staging and therapeutic management of patients with sarcoidosis. Among these, whole-body F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography is found to useful in patients with complex and multisystem forms of sarcoidosis. Other modalities include Gallium scanning, assesment of angiotensin converting enzyme levels in blood, chest radiography, mediastinoscopy etcetera.

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Granulomatosis - nuclear imaging - positron emission tomography imaging - sarcoidosis


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