title: Aggressive cavitary pulmonary sarcoidosis.
abstract: Pulmonary sarcoidosis in a young patient is usually a relatively benign disease that either resolves spontaneously or remains quiescent for many years. Very rarely it pursues a more aggressive course leading to progressive lung destruction. We report a young patient who presented with Stage III sarcoidosis and over a period of 4 yr progressed to severe cavitary disease with frequent superinfections leading to bronchiectasis and chronic suppuration of the lung, eventually requiring a pneumonectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biem
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hoffstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D015163:Superinfection / Q000150:complications