Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 20 patients with newly diagnosed sarcoidosis

Patient no.	Age (years)	Sex	Selection criteria	Biopsy site	Organs involved	Myocardial uptake
						18F-FDG	18F-FLT
1	57	F	Biopsy	LN	LN, heart	Focal	Focal
2	46	F	Biopsy	LN	LN, heart	Focal	Focal
3	71	F	Clinical diagnosis		LN, heart	Focal	Focal
4	58	F	Clinical diagnosis		LN, heart	Focal	Focal
5	75	F	Clinical diagnosis		LN, heart	Focal	Focal
6	68	M	Biopsy	LN	LN, heart	Focal	Focal
7	64	M	Biopsy	Lung, LN	LN, heart	Focal	Focal
8	76	F	Clinical diagnosis		LN, heart	Focal	None
9	70	F	Clinical diagnosis		LN, heart	Diffuse	Focal
10	52	F	Clinical diagnosis		Lung, LN, heart	Focal	Focal
11	53	F	Biopsy	Skin	Lung, LN, heart	Diffuse	Focal
12	40	M	Clinical diagnosis		Heart	Focal	Focal
13	67	M	Clinical diagnosis		Heart	Focal	Focal
14	72	M	Clinical diagnosis		LN	None	None
15	70	M	Clinical diagnosis		LN	None	None
16	57	F	Clinical diagnosis		LN	None	None
17	56	F	Biopsy	Lung	Lung, LN	None	None
18	72	F	Biopsy	Skin	Lung, LN	None	None
19	33	M	Biopsy	LN	Lung, LN	Diffuse	None
20	79	F	Biopsy	Skin	Lung, LN	Diffuse	None

LN lymph node