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Case Reports

A case of Löfgren’s syndrome evaluated by imaging modalities: musculoskeletal ultrasound, MRI and PET-CT

Tomohisa UchidaDepartment of Rheumatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Keita FujikawaDepartment of Rheumatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Akira KondoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Akinari MizokamiDepartment of Rheumatology, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Isahaya General Hospital, Isahaya, Japan;
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Kazuhiro KurohamaDepartment of Tumor and Diagnostic Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
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Masahiro NakashimaDepartment of Tumor and Diagnostic Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
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Atsushi KawakamiDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;
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Katsumi EguchiRheumatic and Collagen Disease Center, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, Sasebo, Japan
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Pages 126-130 | Received 21 May 2019, Accepted 03 Oct 2019, Published online: 29 Oct 2019

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