Challenging Mimickers in the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis : A Case Study

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause characterized by a wide variety of presentations. Its diagnosis is based on three major criteria: a clinical presentation compatible with sarcoidosis, the presence of non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation in one or more tissue samples, and the exclusion of alternative causes of granulomatous disease. Many conditions may mimic a sarcoid-like granulomatous reaction. These conditions include infections, neoplasms, immunodeficiencies, and drug-induced diseases. Moreover, patients with sarcoidosis are at risk of developing opportunistic infections or lymphoma. Reliably confirming the diagnosis of sarcoidosis and better identifying new events are major clinical problems in daily practice. To address such issues, we present seven emblematic cases, seen in our department, over a ten-year period along with a literature review about case reports of conditions misdiagnosed as sarcoidosis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) - 11(2021), 7 vom: 12. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

El Jammal, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Jamilloux, Yvan [VerfasserIn]
Gerfaud-Valentin, Mathieu [VerfasserIn]
Richard-Colmant, Gaëlle [VerfasserIn]
Weber, Emmanuelle [VerfasserIn]
Bert, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Androdias, Géraldine [VerfasserIn]
Sève, Pascal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diagnosis
Journal Article
Lymphoma
Opportunistic infections
Sarcoidosis

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Date Revised 09.08.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/diagnostics11071240

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NLM329035932