Comparative evaluation of (18)F-FLT and (18)F-FDG for detecting cardiac and extra-cardiac thoracic involvement in patients with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis

BACKGROUND: (18)F-FDG PET has been used in sarcoidosis for diagnosis and determination of the extent of the disease. However, assessing inflammatory lesions in cardiac sarcoidosis using (18)F-FDG can be challenging because it accumulates physiologically in normal myocardium. Another radiotracer, 3′-...

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Autores principales: Norikane, Takashi, Yamamoto, Yuka, Maeda, Yukito, Noma, Takahisa, Dobashi, Hiroaki, Nishiyama, Yoshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5574834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28853043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13550-017-0321-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5574834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28853043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13550-017-0321-0

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