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- Chetsadaporn Promteangtrong, Ali Salavati, Gang Cheng, Drew A Torigian, and Abass Alavi.
- Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; USA. abass.alavi@uphs.upenn.edu.
- Hell J Nucl Med. 2014 May 1; 17 (2): 123-35.
AbstractSarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. The diagnosis is based on clinical and radiographic findings as well as by histopathological findings. Molecular imaging in recent years has made important progress regarding the study of various inflammatory diseases including sarcoidosis. Positron emission tomography (PET) provides an insight in metabolism of this disease. Positron emission tomography with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) has shown effectiveness in detecting occult disease and assessing disease activity during treatment. This review article provides an overview of the applications of PET/computed tomography and PET/ magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of patients with sarcoidosis.
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