[A specific etiology of radiologic cannon balls: sarcoidosis. Apropos of a case].
A distinctive form of sarcoidosis is reported. A young woman, without any past medical history, presented with a cannon-ball radiographic appearance and a fever, suggesting an infection or underlying neoplasm. A lung biopsy gave the diagnosis of sarcoidosis after negative fibreoptic bronchoscopy, bronchial lavage and needle biopsy. This macronodular form of sarcoidosis is known but rarely described. There was a favourable clinical and radiological outcome, which occurred spontaneously.
Blanc-Jouvan
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Service de Pneumologie, C.H.R.G., Grenoble.
Andre-Poyaud
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Perrin
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Brambilla
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Brambilla
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C
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
Une étiologie particulière du lâcher de ballons radiologique: la sarcoïdose. A propos d'une observation.