¿Cuándo solicitar PET/CT en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease of variable course that mainly affects thoracic lymph nodes and lung parenchyma. However, any organ can be involved. There is no single test for the definitive diagnosis or a precise method to evaluate the course of the disease. PET/CT is not included in the st...

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Autor principal: Barahona Z.,Daniela
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2019
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720190010013082020-01-16¿Cuándo solicitar PET/CT en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?Barahona Z.,Daniela Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Positron-Emission Tomography Sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease of variable course that mainly affects thoracic lymph nodes and lung parenchyma. However, any organ can be involved. There is no single test for the definitive diagnosis or a precise method to evaluate the course of the disease. PET/CT is not included in the standard workup for sarcoidosis, but it may assess the inflammatory activity, detect extrapulmonary disease such as cardiac involvement and evaluate the response to treatment. It is important to be aware of the optimal timing to request a PET/CT in sarcoidosis and which patients would benefit with this procedure.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.147 n.10 20192019-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872019001001308es10.4067/s0034-98872019001001308
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Positron-Emission Tomography
Sarcoidosis
spellingShingle Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Positron-Emission Tomography
Sarcoidosis
Barahona Z.,Daniela
¿Cuándo solicitar PET/CT en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?
description Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease of variable course that mainly affects thoracic lymph nodes and lung parenchyma. However, any organ can be involved. There is no single test for the definitive diagnosis or a precise method to evaluate the course of the disease. PET/CT is not included in the standard workup for sarcoidosis, but it may assess the inflammatory activity, detect extrapulmonary disease such as cardiac involvement and evaluate the response to treatment. It is important to be aware of the optimal timing to request a PET/CT in sarcoidosis and which patients would benefit with this procedure.
author Barahona Z.,Daniela
author_facet Barahona Z.,Daniela
author_sort Barahona Z.,Daniela
title ¿Cuándo solicitar PET/CT en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?
title_short ¿Cuándo solicitar PET/CT en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?
title_full ¿Cuándo solicitar PET/CT en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?
title_fullStr ¿Cuándo solicitar PET/CT en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?
title_full_unstemmed ¿Cuándo solicitar PET/CT en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?
title_sort ¿cuándo solicitar pet/ct en la evaluación de sarcoidosis?
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2019
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