A patient with suspected sarcoidosis died from miliary tuberculosis.
In Western Europe, awareness of tuberculous lymphadenitis (TLA) has declined. This report describes a patient who had suspected sarcoidosis for 3.5 y, who eventually died from miliary tuberculosis due to delay in diagnosis. The report includes a discussion of the differential diagnosis of TLA and sarcoidosis.
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Department of Mycobacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality