Features and clinical impact of extra-cardiac lesions with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis

摘要

Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder and can often affect any other organs beyond the heart. Whole-body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is used to detect not only cardiac but also extra-cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis. However, the features and clinical impact of extra-cardiac lesions have not yet been fully elucidated. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify these using FDG-PET.