Isolated Muscular Sarcoidosis Revealed by Hypercalcemia and 18F-FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2019 Oct;44(10):824-825. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002678.

Abstract

A 43-year-old woman, with previous history of renal lithiasis, was admitted on an emergency for severe hypercalcemia fortuitously discovered in a context of rapidly progressive kidney failure. An F-FDG PET/CT performed to rule out underlying malignancy revealed an intense diffuse and isolated muscular FDG uptake with fascia infiltration on the CT finding. A muscular biopsy was performed and demonstrated a non-necrosing granuloma with multinucleated giant cells consistent with muscular sarcoidosis. A corticotherapy was started with a rapid normalization of serum calcium level. The follow-up F-FDG PET/CT 4 months later showed a complete response of the sarcoidosis myositis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Hypercalcemia / complications*
  • Muscles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Muscles / pathology
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18