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- Title
Imaging Plays a Key Role in the Diagnosis and Control of the Treatment of Bone Sarcoidosis.
- Authors
Błasińska, Katarzyna; Jędrych, Małgorzata Ewa; Opoka, Lucyna; Tomkowski, Witold; Szturmowicz, Monika
- Abstract
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown origin. The most frequent localizations are thoracic lymph nodes and/or parenchymal lung disease, nevertheless any other organ may be involved. Musculoskeletal sarcoidosis, previously considered a rare manifestation of the disease, is presently recognized with increasing frequency, due to the development of modern imaging modalities. The classical X-ray sign of bone sarcoidosis is the image of lace in the phalanges of the hands. Most other locations present with atypical radiological images. Therefore, they may mimic metastatic neoplastic disease, especially when they are the first sign of sarcoidosis not previously recognized. On such occasions, none of the imaging methods will give the correct diagnosis, histopathological verification, monitoring of lesions or clinical data in a patient with confirmed sarcoidosis are indicated. The article summarizes the current status of knowledge concerning the recognition and therapy of bone sarcoidosis. In addition, an illustrative case of patient with bone and bone marrow sarcoidosis is presented.
- Subjects
SARCOIDOSIS; BONE marrow; DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH nodes; PHALANGES; LUNG diseases
- Publication
Biomedicines, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 7, p1866
- ISSN
2227-9059
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/biomedicines11071866