Title: A Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis
Authors: Biswajit Pati, Pravati Dutta, Rekha Manjhi, Sudarsan Pothal, Aurobindo Behera, Gourahari Pradhan
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i1.156
Abstract
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder characterized by non-caseating granulomatous inflammation at sites of disease. Although any organ can be involved, the disease most commonly affects the lungs and intrathoracic lymph nodes. Clinical features of sarcoidosis bear a similarity with tuberculosis (TB), thus the dilemma of excluding TB in a suspected patient of sarcoidosis or differentiating between the two entities continues to be a clinical and diagnostic challenge particularly in countries endemic for TB like India. Here we present a case of sarcoidosis in a 50 years old lady who was misdiagnosed as tuberculosis.
Keywords: Misdiagnosis, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis.
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