| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|||||||||
Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine and Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut
Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine and Department of Nuclear Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut
Correspondence: For reprints contact: Stephen B. Sulavik, MD, Pulmonary Div., Dept. of Medicine, Rm. L-2080, Univ. of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032.
ABSTRACT
Assessment of gallium-67 (67Ga) uptake in the salivary and lacrimal glands and intrathoracic lymph nodes was made in 605 consecutive patients including 65 with sarcoidosis. A distinctive intrathoracic lymph node 67Ga uptake pattern, resembling the Greek letter lambda, was observed only in sarcoidosis (72%). Symmetrical lacrimal gland and parotid gland 67Ga uptake (panda appearance) was noted in 79% of sarcoidosis patients. A simultaneous lambda and panda pattern (62%) or a panda appearance with radiographic bilateral, symmetrical, hilar lymphadenopathy (6%) was present only in sarcoidosis patients. The presence of either of these patterns was particularly prevalent in roentgen Stages I (80%) or II (74%). We conclude that simultaneous (a) lambda and panda images, or (b) a panda image with bilateral symmetrical hilar lymphadenopathy on chest X-ray represent distinctive patterns which are highly specific for sarcoidosis, and may obviate the need for invasive diagnostic procedures.
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  H. B. Prabhakar, C. B. Rabinowitz, F. K. Gibbons, W. J. O'Donnell, J.-A. O. Shepard, and S. L. Aquino Imaging Features of Sarcoidosis on MDCT, FDG PET, and PET/CT Am. J. Roentgenol., March 1, 2008; 190(3_Supplement): S1 - S6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 S. Ishimaru, I. Tsujino, T. Takei, E. Tsukamoto, S. Sakaue, M. Kamigaki, N. Ito, H. Ohira, D. Ikeda, N. Tamaki, et al. Focal uptake on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography images indicates cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis Eur. Heart J., August 1, 2005; 26(15): 1538 - 1543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 C. Ohata, H. Saruban, and R. Ikegami Granulomatous Rosacea Affecting the Lacrimal and Salivary Glands Arch Dermatol, February 1, 2004; 140(2): 240 - 242. [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 A. Nchimi, N. Francotte, L. Rausin, and J. Khamis Case 61: Ileocecal Sarcoidosis Radiology, August 1, 2003; 228(2): 452 - 455. [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 H. Yamagishi, N. Shirai, M. Takagi, M. Yoshiyama, K. Akioka, K. Takeuchi, and J. Yoshikawa Identification of Cardiac Sarcoidosis with 13N-NH3/18F-FDG PET J. Nucl. Med., July 1, 2003; 44(7): 1030 - 1036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 T. P. Graeter, D. Hellwig, K. Hoffmann, D. Ukena, C.-M. Kirsch, and H.-J. Schafers Mediastinal lymph node staging in suspected lung cancer: comparison of positron emission tomography with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose and mediastinoscopy Ann. Thorac. Surg., January 1, 2003; 75(1): 231 - 236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. Lebtahi, B. Crestani, N. Belmatoug, D. Daou, R. Genin, M. C. Dombret, E. Palazzo, M. Faraggi, M. Aubier, and D. Le Guludec Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy and Gallium Scintigraphy in Patients with Sarcoidosis J. Nucl. Med., January 1, 2001; 42(1): 21 - 26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
K. A. Kurdziel The Panda Sign Radiology, June 1, 2000; 215(3): 884 - 885. [Full Text]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 G. Hunninghake Statement on Sarcoidosis Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., August 1, 1999; 160(2): 736 - 755. [Full Text]
|
|
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY | THE JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE |
