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Case Rep Rheumatol. 2020 Jun 25;2020:8840245. doi: 10.1155/2020/8840245. eCollection 2020.

An Atypical Presentation of Extrapulmonary Sarcoidosis.

Case reports in rheumatology

Muhammad Shabbir Rawala, Amna Saleem Ahmed, Kristen Helmick

Affiliations

  1. Department of Internal Medicine, WVU-Charleston Division, Charleston, WV, USA.
  2. Department of Medicine, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Alexandria, LA, USA.
  3. Department of Medicine, Jinnah Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.

PMID: 32670655 PMCID: PMC7334768 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8840245

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic, chronic, multisystem, granulomatous, inflammatory disease involving almost all organs. Sarcoidosis can occur with an atypical presentation of hepatosplenic involvement, like in the case of our patient. In this case report, we present a rare case of extrapulmonary sarcoidosis with isolated involvement of the liver and spleen in a 39-year-old Caucasian female. There is a possibility of this isolated involvement of an organ in the complete absence of pulmonary disease, which makes the diagnosis of sarcoidosis very difficult as it is usually not suspected. Ultrasound and CT are important in ruling out other differential diagnoses, but a definitive diagnosis is possible only on histological examination, differentiating sarcoid lesions from

Copyright © 2020 Muhammad Shabbir Rawala et al.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.

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