Delayed Diagnosis in a Rare Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy and Fever of Unknown Origin

In this report, we present a rare case of sarcoidosis presenting as fever of unknown origin with unilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, in contrast with the typical presentation of sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis presenting with asymmetric or isolated unilateral lymphadenopathy is highly unusual. Sarcoidosis is...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Pravin M, Mabrouk, Tarig, Li, Yiting, Wallach, Sara L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8293858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295598
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15792
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author Thomas, Pravin M
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Li, Yiting
Wallach, Sara L
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description In this report, we present a rare case of sarcoidosis presenting as fever of unknown origin with unilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, in contrast with the typical presentation of sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis presenting with asymmetric or isolated unilateral lymphadenopathy is highly unusual. Sarcoidosis is also an uncommon cause of fever of unknown origin. This atypical presentation led to diagnostic delays in our case. This case report emphasizes the importance of considering sarcoidosis early in the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin with unilateral hilar lymphadenopathy.
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spelling pubmed-82938582021-07-21 Delayed Diagnosis in a Rare Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy and Fever of Unknown Origin Thomas, Pravin M Mabrouk, Tarig Li, Yiting Wallach, Sara L Cureus Internal Medicine In this report, we present a rare case of sarcoidosis presenting as fever of unknown origin with unilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, in contrast with the typical presentation of sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis presenting with asymmetric or isolated unilateral lymphadenopathy is highly unusual. Sarcoidosis is also an uncommon cause of fever of unknown origin. This atypical presentation led to diagnostic delays in our case. This case report emphasizes the importance of considering sarcoidosis early in the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin with unilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. Cureus 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8293858/ /pubmed/34295598 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15792 Text en Copyright © 2021, Thomas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Thomas, Pravin M
Mabrouk, Tarig
Li, Yiting
Wallach, Sara L
Delayed Diagnosis in a Rare Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy and Fever of Unknown Origin
title Delayed Diagnosis in a Rare Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy and Fever of Unknown Origin
title_full Delayed Diagnosis in a Rare Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy and Fever of Unknown Origin
title_fullStr Delayed Diagnosis in a Rare Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy and Fever of Unknown Origin
title_full_unstemmed Delayed Diagnosis in a Rare Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy and Fever of Unknown Origin
title_short Delayed Diagnosis in a Rare Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unilateral Hilar Lymphadenopathy and Fever of Unknown Origin
title_sort delayed diagnosis in a rare case of pulmonary sarcoidosis presenting as unilateral hilar lymphadenopathy and fever of unknown origin
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8293858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295598
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15792
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