[A case of relapsing sarcoidosis with pleurisy 14 years after spontaneous remission].
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi
; 48(8): 632-5, 2010 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-20803984
ABSTRACT
An 83-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with dyspnea on exertion and right pleural effusion. At the age of 69, she had been given a clinical diagnosis of sarcoidosis due to uveitis, bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, bilateral multiple nodular shadows on chest images, and serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (SACE) level elevation. Remission was spontaneous. The pleural effusion was exudative lymphocyte-rich. On thoracoscopy, the macroscopic appearance of the parietal pleura was telangiectasia without nodular lesions and the pleural biopsy specimens revealed non-caseating epitheloid cell granulomas whose cultures were negative for acid-fast bacilli and fungi. A tuberculin skin test and QFT-2G were negative, thus we diagnosed sarcoidsis pleurisy.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pleuresia
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Sarcoidosis
Límite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Ja
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article