MRI of sarcoidosis patients with musculoskeletal symptoms

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Jul;185(1):154-9. doi: 10.2214/ajr.185.1.01850154.

Abstract

Objective: Our objective was to determine MRI findings in sarcoidosis patients with musculoskeletal symptoms.

Conclusion: In sarcoidosis patients with musculoskeletal complaints, MRI reveals marrow and soft-tissue lesions that are occult or underestimated on radiographs. Axial and large-bone lesions may resemble osseous metastases on MRI. Most lesions detected are nonspecific in appearance, except nodular muscle lesions. MRI reveals features suggesting the diagnosis, but with standard protocols, no pathognomonic MRI features were determined.

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Bone and Bones / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases / etiology*
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases / pathology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Sarcoidosis / complications
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed