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<p>Sarcoidosis is a multisystem, granulomatous, inflammatory disease, of uncertain aetiology, ubiquitous, much more common in the female population. The age at onset is usually between 30 and 50 years, also having a second peak of incidence in the immediate post-menopausal period. Respiratory system or lymphatic system involvement is present in about 90% of sarcoidosis cases, usually being short-lived and self-limiting, but sometimes the disease can become chronic and less often it can progress to irreversible pulmonary fibrosis, complicated with pulmonary hypertension followed by chronic pulmonary heart disease with cardio-respiratory failure and death.</p>
<p>We present the case of a patient presenting a rare, nodular form of sarcoidosis, in which multiple calcifications, both parenchymal and lymphatic, were identified by imaging, most likely with a long-term evolution of the disease beforehand, but with a completely preserved pulmonary function.</p>
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Sarcoidosis is a multisystem, granulomatous, inflammatory disease, of uncertain aetiology, ubiquitous, much more common in the female population. The age at onset is usually between 30 and 50 years, also having a second peak of incidence in the immediate post-menopausal period. Respiratory system or lymphatic system involvement is present in about 90% of sarcoidosis cases, usually being short-lived and self-limiting, but sometimes the disease can become chronic and less often it can progress to irreversible pulmonary fibrosis, complicated with pulmonary hypertension followed by chronic pulmonary heart disease with cardio-respiratory failure and death.
We present the case of a patient presenting a rare, nodular form of sarcoidosis, in which multiple calcifications, both parenchymal and lymphatic, were identified by imaging, most likely with a long-term evolution of the disease beforehand, but with a completely preserved pulmonary function.

An Atypical Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Internal Medicine

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Sarcoidosis is a multisystem, granulomatous, inflammatory disease, of uncertain aetiology, ubiquitous, much more common in the female population. The age at...

An Atypical Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

Publié en ligne: 20 oct. 2023

Pages: 83 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2023-0262

Mots clés
Sarcoidosis, nodular form, pulmonary calcifications

© 2023 Iris-Andreea Negoescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

An Atypical Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

Publié en ligne: 20 oct. 2023

Pages: 83 - 95

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2023-0262

Mots clésSarcoidosis, nodular form, pulmonary calcifications

© 2023 Iris-Andreea Negoescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Sarcoidosis, nodular form, pulmonary calcifications