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- Title
Gallium-67 scintigraphy in the diagnosis and management of chronic sarcoid myopathy.
- Authors
Suehiro, S.; Shiokawa, S.; Taniguchi, S.; Sakai, Y.; Goda, H.; Shiratsuchi, M.; Sugimura, T.; Hatakenaka, M.; Yoshikawa, Y.; Ikuyama, S.; Nishimura, J.
- Abstract
The authors describe a patient with chronic sarcoid myopathy. Except for the presence of left posterior synechia, no other organ involvement was observed. Gallium-67 (67Ga) scintigraphy showed many intense nodular uptake areas in both the upper and lower extremities. Treatment with oral prednisolone 30 mg/day resulted in a marked improvement on 67Ga scintigraphy. This case suggests that 67Ga scintigraphy is useful for the differential diagnosis of systemic myopathies and also for monitoring the effect of glucocorticoid treatment.
- Subjects
POLYMYOSITIS; MUSCLE diseases; SARCOIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; GALLIUM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; ANTI-inflammatory agents
- Publication
Clinical Rheumatology, 2003, Vol 22, Issue 2, p146
- ISSN
0770-3198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10067-002-0686-x