Musculoskeletal sarcoidosis in an Ethiopian.
We report a patient with osseous lesions of his fingers and thumbs that eventually were proved to be a manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis. This had been mis-diagnosed as tuberculosis and the patient had previously been treated without effect with two full courses of anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. Eventually the clinical and radiological suspicions were confirmed by biopsy.
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Tesfaye
T
Department of Orthopedics, Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa.
Diro
Ermias
E
Aderaye
Getachew
G
Chaka
Tezera
T
D000293:Adolescent; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005002:Ethiopia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*