title: Necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis with uveitis: a variant of sarcoidosis?
abstract: A patient with malaise, uveitis and a nodular infiltrate in the left lower lobe of the lung is described. An open lung biopsy established the diagnosis of necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis. The differential diagnosis of necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis with sarcoidosis and angiocentric granulomatosis (Wegener's disease) is extensively discussed. Our case illustrates that NSG and sarcoidosis could be pathogenetically related.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Middelheim, Antwerpen.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Bouman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Slabbynck
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cuykens
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galdermans
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coolen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kockx
mesh_terms: D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology