Sarcoidosis presenting as a loss of weight with preserved appetite

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology affecting a wide range of organs and is characterised by the presence of noncaseating granulomas. It has rarely been reported in Sri Lanka. This case describes a 36-year-old male presenting with a loss of weight despite a preser...

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Autores principales: Goonetilleke, Asitha, Matthias, Anne Thushara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10467165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37654552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X231195248
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description Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology affecting a wide range of organs and is characterised by the presence of noncaseating granulomas. It has rarely been reported in Sri Lanka. This case describes a 36-year-old male presenting with a loss of weight despite a preserved appetite. He had evidence of sarcoidosis with pulmonary, lymph node, eye, hepatosplenomegaly, thyroid and parotid gland involvement with hypercalcaemia. He was successfully treated with glucocorticoids.
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spelling pubmed-104671652023-08-31 Sarcoidosis presenting as a loss of weight with preserved appetite Goonetilleke, Asitha Matthias, Anne Thushara SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology affecting a wide range of organs and is characterised by the presence of noncaseating granulomas. It has rarely been reported in Sri Lanka. This case describes a 36-year-old male presenting with a loss of weight despite a preserved appetite. He had evidence of sarcoidosis with pulmonary, lymph node, eye, hepatosplenomegaly, thyroid and parotid gland involvement with hypercalcaemia. He was successfully treated with glucocorticoids. SAGE Publications 2023-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10467165/ /pubmed/37654552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X231195248 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_full Sarcoidosis presenting as a loss of weight with preserved appetite
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10467165/
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