Sarcoidosis initially occurring as apical infiltrate and pleural reaction.
A 21-year-old black man had pleuritic pain as the initial symptom of his sarcoidosis. Chest roentgenographic examination showed an infiltrate in the left upper lobe and a left pleural thickening. Sarcoidosis was diagnosed by pulmonary biopsy. Thus, sarcoidosis may closely mimic tuberculosis by initially occurring as predominantly apical infiltrates and pleural reaction.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*