title: [Nasosinusal sarcoidosis: 13 cases].
abstract: We report 13 cases of nasosinusal sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is a chronic, non caseating granulomatous disease. Nasosinusal involment is rare or exceptional and may be isolated (1 case in our series) or associated (12 cases in our series) with other lesions of the chest, skin, liver, spleen, bone, eyes, salivary glands, peripheral lymph nodes or with neurosarcoidosis. The clinical and CT features are various and often non specific. Nasal biopsy guided by physical examination is easy and constitute the main diagnostic criterion. The course of nasosinusal sarcoidosis is variable and no standard treatment has been established. Response to local or systemic corticosteroid therapy is also variable. The recurrence is frequent after tapering off or interrupting corticosteroids that also have important side effects.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Avenue Molière, 67098 Strasbourg Cedex.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourjat
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Oster
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pauli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quoix
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gentine
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D008875:Middle Aged; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones