Atypical pulmonary sarcoidosis. A case report.
The pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis are varied. This report describes a patient with rapidly progressive pulmonary sarcoidosis which had several unusual features and presented with acute pneumonia with air bronchograms on chest radiographs. Gallium-67 scanning and serum angiotensin-converting enzyme estimations aided in the diagnosis and in determining the response to steroid therapy.
D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000097:blood; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A