[Sarcoid-like necrotizing granulomatosis. A case report].
Necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis is a rare granulomatous pulmonary angeitis that was first described by Liebow in 1973. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who was admitted for exploration of chest pain, cough and fever at 39 degrees which had progressed for more than 2 months. Chest X-ray showed several inconstant pulmonary opacities. The physical examination, the radiographic and endoscopic aspects were non-specific. The diagnosis was made only by open lung biopsy which showed histological findings of necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis. The opacities disappeared with no recurrence spontaneously at one year.
Abdelmoula
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Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Mohamed-Tahar-Maâmouri, Route de Merazka, 8000 Nabeul, Tunisie. selmaab@yahoo.fr
Ben Brahim
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Lagha
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Kilani
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Touinsi
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Lassad Loussaief
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Chatti-Dey
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D015769:Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009336:Necrosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology