An unusual presentation of an uncommon disease

Extrapulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis often go undiagnozed. Sarcoidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cases presenting with parotid gland swelling, renal failure, and hypercalcemia. It’s imperative to confirm the diagnosis with a tissue biopsy, as the condition is easi...

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Autores principales: Funk, Michael, Santana, Orlando
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20360910
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description Extrapulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis often go undiagnozed. Sarcoidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cases presenting with parotid gland swelling, renal failure, and hypercalcemia. It’s imperative to confirm the diagnosis with a tissue biopsy, as the condition is easily treatable with steroids.
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spelling pubmed-28405712010-04-01 An unusual presentation of an uncommon disease Funk, Michael Santana, Orlando Int J Gen Med Case Report Extrapulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis often go undiagnozed. Sarcoidosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cases presenting with parotid gland swelling, renal failure, and hypercalcemia. It’s imperative to confirm the diagnosis with a tissue biopsy, as the condition is easily treatable with steroids. Dove Medical Press 2009-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC2840571/ /pubmed/20360910 Text en © 2009 Funk and Santana, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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