Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis With Multi-Organ Involvement Presenting Primarily as Hypercalcemia

Sarcoidosis is a highly variable disease. The majority of cases affect the lungs, but they can involve other organs as well. Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis is rare, and it can present in many ways. Therefore, the diagnosis can be challenging. We hereby present a case of a patient presenting with hyperca...

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Autores principales: Sta. Maria, Inna Mikaella P, Tullio, Julia, Mahalingam, Vasudevan, Abukhaled, Jamal, Garlapaty, Vamshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36779096
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33562
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author Sta. Maria, Inna Mikaella P
Tullio, Julia
Mahalingam, Vasudevan
Abukhaled, Jamal
Garlapaty, Vamshi
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Tullio, Julia
Mahalingam, Vasudevan
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Garlapaty, Vamshi
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description Sarcoidosis is a highly variable disease. The majority of cases affect the lungs, but they can involve other organs as well. Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis is rare, and it can present in many ways. Therefore, the diagnosis can be challenging. We hereby present a case of a patient presenting with hypercalcemia and diagnosed with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis with multi-organ involvement. This article was previously presented as a meeting abstract at the MI-ACP 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting on October 14, 2022.
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spelling pubmed-99084272023-02-10 Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis With Multi-Organ Involvement Presenting Primarily as Hypercalcemia Sta. Maria, Inna Mikaella P Tullio, Julia Mahalingam, Vasudevan Abukhaled, Jamal Garlapaty, Vamshi Cureus Dermatology Sarcoidosis is a highly variable disease. The majority of cases affect the lungs, but they can involve other organs as well. Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis is rare, and it can present in many ways. Therefore, the diagnosis can be challenging. We hereby present a case of a patient presenting with hypercalcemia and diagnosed with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis with multi-organ involvement. This article was previously presented as a meeting abstract at the MI-ACP 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting on October 14, 2022. Cureus 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9908427/ /pubmed/36779096 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33562 Text en Copyright © 2023, Sta. Maria 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.
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Sta. Maria, Inna Mikaella P
Tullio, Julia
Mahalingam, Vasudevan
Abukhaled, Jamal
Garlapaty, Vamshi
Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis With Multi-Organ Involvement Presenting Primarily as Hypercalcemia
title Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis With Multi-Organ Involvement Presenting Primarily as Hypercalcemia
title_full Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis With Multi-Organ Involvement Presenting Primarily as Hypercalcemia
title_fullStr Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis With Multi-Organ Involvement Presenting Primarily as Hypercalcemia
title_full_unstemmed Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis With Multi-Organ Involvement Presenting Primarily as Hypercalcemia
title_short Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis With Multi-Organ Involvement Presenting Primarily as Hypercalcemia
title_sort extrapulmonary sarcoidosis with multi-organ involvement presenting primarily as hypercalcemia
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36779096
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33562
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