Muscle sarcoidosis following malignant lymphoma: diagnosis by MR imaging

Y Nakamura; N Kurihara; A Sato; M Nakamura; K Koyama; H Suzuki; H Saito; T Ishibashi; S Takahashi

doi:10.1007/s00256-002-0539-3

Muscle sarcoidosis following malignant lymphoma: diagnosis by MR imaging

Skeletal Radiol. 2002 Dec;31(12):702-5. doi: 10.1007/s00256-002-0539-3. Epub 2002 Jun 26.

Authors

Y Nakamura¹, N Kurihara, A Sato, M Nakamura, K Koyama, H Suzuki, H Saito, T Ishibashi, S Takahashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575 Japan. nakamura@patholo2.med.tohoku.ac.jp

PMID: 12483431
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0539-3

Abstract

We report on a case of intramuscular sarcoidosis in a patient with gastric malignant lymphoma that had been operated on before, and discuss the role of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in characterizing sarcoid nodules in muscle and distinguishing them from lymphoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Gastrectomy
Humans
Lymphoma / complications*
Lymphoma / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Middle Aged
Muscular Diseases / complications*
Muscular Diseases / diagnosis*
Muscular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Radionuclide Imaging
Sarcoidosis / complications*
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging
Stomach Neoplasms / complications*
Stomach Neoplasms / surgery