Silent sarcoidosis and clubbing.
We report a case of sarcoidosis which was not diagnosed in life for a variety of reasons. In particular the chest was silent despite extensive pulmonary damage, and florid finger clubbing developed within a very short time.
Tariq
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Department of Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases, University of Wales College of Medicine, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, S. Glamorgan, UK.
McConnochie
K
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Mahy
N J
NJ
Williams
W J
WJ
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology