Sarcoidosis Incidentally Diagnosed : A Case Report

Sarcoidosis Incidentally Diagnosed : A Case Report

Sarcoidosis is a chronic, granulomatous condition with unknown cause. Because most of the patients are free of clinical symptoms, sarcoidosis should be considered in differential diagnosis if noncaseous granuloma is noted in biopsies, performed for other reasons. With no clinical symptoms, our patie...

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Published in:Case reports in pulmonology Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors: Kesici, Besir, Toros, Ahmet Burak, Bayraktar, Levent, Dervisoglu, Adem
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01-01-2014
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Hindawi Limited
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Summary:Sarcoidosis is a chronic, granulomatous condition with unknown cause. Because most of the patients are free of clinical symptoms, sarcoidosis should be considered in differential diagnosis if noncaseous granuloma is noted in biopsies, performed for other reasons. With no clinical symptoms, our patient was diagnosed with sarcoidosis upon identifying noncaseous granuloma in the lymph node biopsy material collected during the laparoscopic operation, performed for gallbladder polyp.
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Academic Editor: Coline Van Moorsel
ISSN:2090-6846
2090-6854
DOI:10.1155/2014/702868