Sarcoidosis with multiple calcification.
Sarcoidosis, having a twenty-nine years of clinical course, associated with multiple calcified deposits in neck, mediastinum, liver, spleen, kidney, abdominal lymphnodes and lung was reported. Calcified opacity, which was firstly detected during initial two years on plain chest and abdominal x-ray films, increased in calcified mass insidiously. Though, the examination on this admission failed to reveal pathogenesis of multiple calcification, immunological derangement seemed to initiate and promote the calcification.
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
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Ishizaki
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Kuroda
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Kuroda
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Nakai
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Miyabo
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed