Annular lesion of the lung in sarcoidosis.
A 20 year old man presented with eight thin walled, ring shaped shadows, 1-3 cm in diameter, on a chest radiograph. Pulmonary sarcoidosis was diagnosed on the basis of histopathological examination of a cervical lymph node, transbronchial lung biopsy, and increased activity of angiotensin converting enzyme and lysozyme in serum. The lesions disappeared within six months of his starting corticosteroid treatment.
Tada
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Section of Internal Medicine, Himeji Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Yasumizu
R
R
Yuasa
S
S
Sato
M
M
Mizuno
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
D011241:Prednisone