title: Sarcoidosis masquerading as eosinophilic pneumonia.
abstract: A 29-year-old woman presented with progressive dyspnea, fever, cough, and weight loss. A chest roentgenogram revealed bilateral peripheral infiltrates suggestive of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. Bronchoscopic evaluation, as well as a therapeutic trial of corticosteroids, was nondiagnostic. Open lung biopsy revealed findings consistent with a diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Roentgenographically, differentiating between sarcoidosis and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia can be difficult. A diagnostic approach, as well as the differential diagnosis of bilateral peripheral pulmonary infiltrates, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City 64108.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Willsie-Ediger
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Salzman
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Schaetzel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology