Ocular sarcoidosis: does (18)F-FDG PET/CT have any role?

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 May;39(5):464-6. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000419.

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease, which may affect almost any organ including the eyes. Recently, F-FDG PET/CT has proved to be a very useful molecular imaging method allowing to obtain a complete morphofunctional cartography of active inflammatory sites and to assess treatment response in patients with sarcoidosis. We report 2 cases of sarcoidosis where F-FDG PET/CT showed intense FDG uptake in the eye globes along with multiple enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes suggestive of active sarcoidosis with ocular involvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Eye / diagnostic imaging*
  • Eye / pathology
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18