title: Musculoskeletal sarcoidosis in an Ethiopian.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa.
authors.forename: Tesfaye
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lemma
authors.forename: Ermias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diro
authors.forename: Getachew
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aderaye
authors.forename: Tezera
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005002:Ethiopia; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*