title: Sarcoidosis presenting as unilateral alveolar consolidation.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder that has variable clinical and radiologic manifestations. We describe a rare case of a 35-year-old black woman who had a nonresolving focal alveolar infiltrate. Her symptoms did not improve with the administration of antibiotics, and a more extensive workup, including fiberoptic bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy and a conjunctival biopsy showed noncaseating granulomata. We conclude that sarcoidosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of nonresolving alveolar opacity in populations that have increased incidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsiodras
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eiger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guttentag
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lippmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed