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A 55-year-old woman was admitted for an elevated serum carbohydrate antigen-125 (CA-125) level, and a left pleural effusion, which were detected at a routine health examination. Computed tomography of the chest was performed upon admission, revealing extensive bilateral paratracheal and mediastinal
BACKGROUND
A major obstacle in using FDG-PET/CT to diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is the unpredictable physiological myocardial FDG uptake. We hypothesized that a prolonged 72-hour pretest high-fat, high-protein, and very-low-carbohydrate (HFHPVLC) diet preparation could suppress physiologic
BACKGROUND
We hypothesized that a high-fat and low-carbohydrate (HFLC) diet before FDG-PET/CT could identify patients with active cardiac sarcoidosis (CS).
METHODS
Fifty-eight sarcoidosis patients with a suspicion of CS consumed a HFLC diet before FDG-PET/CT. Clinical, electrical, and other imaging
BACKGROUND
(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET plays an important role in the detection of cardiac involvement sarcoidosis (CS). However, diffuse left ventricle (LV) wall uptake sometimes makes it difficult to distinguish between positive uptake and physiological uptake. The aims of this study were
OBJECTIVE
F-FDG PET/CT is a valuable diagnostic tool in the evaluation of cardiac sarcoidosis. Appropriate patient preparation is important because the diagnostic accuracy of this procedure depends on adequate suppression of physiologic glucose uptake. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims
Introduction: Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade are rare manifestations of cardiac sarcoidosis. This is a first case report that describes a patient with severe pericardial effusion and signs of cardiac tamponade with elevated
This study was designed to investigate qualitative changes in the carbohydrate side-chains of two acute-phase glycoproteins, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) and alpha 1-antichymotrypsin (ACT), in 37 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. The glycosylation profile of AGP and ACT was studied using
The biological activity of glucocorticosteroids (GCS) is that there is always a risk of complications during repeated long courses of therapy in patients with recurrent sarcoidosis even if treatment is correctly organized. The clinical side effects of GCS were studied in 99 patients identified in
This study sought to evaluate the effects of inflammatory sarcoid disease on coronary circulatory function and the response to immune-suppressive treatment.
Although positron emission tomography assessment of myocardial inflammation is increasingly applied to identify active cardiac sarcoidosis, its
Cell-surface-associated glycoconjugates play important roles in cellular functions such as antigen presentation and cell adhesion, functions that may be modulated in patients with interstitial lung disease. Because carbohydrate residues can be recognized by specific lectins, we designed our study to
It is known that tumor associated carbohydrate antigens are significantly increased in the serum of patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB). We investigated carbohydrate antigens (SLX, CA19-9) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) obtained from 24 patients with DPB. The concentrations of SLX
OBJECTIVE
The presence of immunoglobulins and complement in sarcoid granulomata and bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with sarcoidosis suggests that humoral mechanisms may be of importance in granuloma formation. To test this hypothesis, we examined the possibility that antibodies to specific