18F-FDG PET/CT for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in a patient with bilateral inflammatory involvement of the parotid and lacrimal glands (panda sign) and bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy (lambda sign)

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2011 Mar;38(3):603. doi: 10.1007/s00259-010-1679-7. Epub 2011 Jan 6.

Authors

Mehmet O Oksüz¹, Matthias K Werner, Philip Aschoff, Christina Pfannenberg

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. oeksuezm@uhbs.ch

PMID: 21210116
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1679-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Inflammation / complications
Lacrimal Apparatus* / diagnostic imaging
Male
Mediastinum* / diagnostic imaging
Parotid Gland* / diagnostic imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Sarcoidosis / complications
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18