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Z E Boumenir

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PubMed2004

Imaging findings in three cases of the nodular type of muscular sarcoidosis.

OBJECTIVE: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous multisystem disorder that may uncommonly involve muscle. We report the sonographic and MRI findings in three cases of the nodular type of muscular sarcoidosis. CONCLUSION: Intramuscular hypoechoic well-defined nodules in young patients or patients with a history of sarcoidosis suggest the diagnosis of intramuscular sarcoid. MRI is useful in detecting muscle sarcoid, evaluating the extent and distribution of muscle involvement, and monitoring the patient during follow-up after steroid therapy. MRI showed nodules that were iso- or hyperintense relative to muscle on T1-weighted sequences. On T2-weighted images and STIR sequences, we observed numerous intramuscular nodules of homogeneous high signal intensity. All nodules enhanced homogeneously on contrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences. Disappearance of all nodules was seen on follow-up sonograms and MR images after patients had received steroid therapy.

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PubMed2001

[Calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis: unusual diagnosis].

Acute calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis is a rare entity that often is initially misdiagnosed a retropharyngeal abscess and treated with IV administration of antibiotics. In our 2 cases, imaging enabled a correct diagnosis to be made. Two patients were admitted to the hospital with dysphagia, severe neck discomfort and fever. Lateral radiographs of the cervical spine and CT were obtained in both cases, while MRI was obtained in one case. Calcification of the prevertebral muscles was demonstrated by CT in both cases, and detected on lateral radiographs in only one case. Soft tissue swelling was noted at CT and MRI. A clinical diagnosis of calcific retropharyngeal tendinitis may be difficult to achieve and a definitive diagnosis can be confirmed at imaging studies.

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