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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2/2015

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The great mimicker: an extensive bone sarcoidosis

Authors: James Patrick Buteau, Eugenia Ducharne Asuaje, Étienne Rousseau, Carlos Andrés Ochoa, Edmond Rizcallah, Éric Turcotte, Khun Visith Keu

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 2/2015

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Sarcoidosis, a multisystem disease characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomas, occurs classically in the lungs, skin, hilar lymph nodes and eyes, although any organ can be infiltrated [1, 2]. The bones are affected in 1–13 % of patients, as osteolytic, osteoporotic or cystic lesions [3, 4]. Bone sarcoidosis is most frequently found in the peripheral skeleton such as the phalanges, metacarpals and metatarsals [3, 4]. …
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Metadata
Title
The great mimicker: an extensive bone sarcoidosis
Authors
James Patrick Buteau
Eugenia Ducharne Asuaje
Étienne Rousseau
Carlos Andrés Ochoa
Edmond Rizcallah
Éric Turcotte
Khun Visith Keu
Publication date
01-02-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2923-3

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