Vettiyil Beth, Gupta Nikitha, Kumar Rajesh
Radiology Research Fellow, Diagnostic Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.
Department of Biology (Premed Student), New York University, New York 10012, USA.
World J Nucl Med. 2013 Sep;12(3):82-6. doi: 10.4103/1450-1147.136731.
Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown origin. There are several modalities for diagnosis, staging and therapeutic management of patients with sarcoidosis. Among these, whole-body F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography is found to useful in patients with complex and multisystem forms of sarcoidosis. Other modalities include Gallium scanning, assesment of angiotensin converting enzyme levels in blood, chest radiography, mediastinoscopy etcetera.
结节病是一种病因不明的慢性肉芽肿性疾病。对于结节病患者,有多种诊断、分期及治疗管理方法。其中,全身F-18氟脱氧葡萄糖(FDG)正电子发射断层扫描/计算机断层扫描被发现对复杂的多系统结节病患者有用。其他方法包括镓扫描、血液中血管紧张素转换酶水平评估、胸部X线摄影、纵隔镜检查等。