Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4233194 | Journal of Medical Ultrasound | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous multisystem disorder that rarely involves muscle. Although characteristic ultrasound features of nodular-type muscular sarcoidosis have been reported, observations for such lesions at different disease stages are limited. We report ultrasonographic findings for nodular-type muscular sarcoidosis at 3 months and 1 year after the onset of disease in the left medial gastrocnemius muscle of a 35-year-old woman. A hypoechoic mass was initially detected in the involved muscle, and central echogenicity appeared later. It is, therefore, considered that ultrasonography can be a valuable tool in detecting and following up nodular-type muscular sarcoidosis lesions.
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