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The many faces of sarcoidosis: asymptomatic muscle mass mimicking giant-cell tumor

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Sarcoidosis is a chronic, multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. Muscle involvement is frequent, but often asymptomatic. There are three forms of muscular sarcoidosis: only the nodular type can be recognized by imaging. MRI and 18F-FDG PET–CT are the best methods to attempt the diagnosis of nodular muscular sarcoidosis; nevertheless, the lesion can mimic a malignant tumor. In this case, biopsy is the only tool to identify the disease.

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  1. 2nd Pulmonary Department, “Attikon” University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1 Rimini Street, 12462, Haidari, Athens, Greece

    Likurgos Kolilekas, Christina Triantafillidou, Effrosyni Manali & Spyros Papiris

  2. Department of Pathology, General Hospital “Evangelismos”, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Dimitra Rontogianni

  3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Sophia Chatziioannou

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Kolilekas, L., Triantafillidou, C., Manali, E. et al. The many faces of sarcoidosis: asymptomatic muscle mass mimicking giant-cell tumor. Rheumatol Int 29, 1389–1390 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-009-0989-1

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