18F-FDG PET/CT for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in a patient with bilateral inflammatory involvement of the parotid and lacrimal glands (panda sign) and bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy (lambda sign).

摘要

A 43-year-old man was hospitalized for Sjogren's syndrome which was suspected to be of paraneoplastic aetiology. 18F-FDG PET/CT revealed grossly enlarged lacrimal (a) and parotid glands (b) with significantly increased FDG uptake while the submandibular glands (c) were only minimally enlarged with faint FDG uptake. Furthermore, hypermetabolic intrathoracic lymphadenopathy was detected with a typical lambda appearance (h) involving right paratracheal (e), left paratracheal and aortopulmonary window lymph nodes (f) of the mediastinum and bihilar lymph nodes (g). The imaging findings were suggestive of sarcoidosis and bronchoscopic evaluation with biopsy was proposed. Histopathology of a transbronchial biopsy specimen confirmed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis.