[Isolated sarcoidosis of upper respiratory tract--a description of 2 cases].
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. In sarcoidosis almost all organs can be involved but the disease most often affects the lungs and intrathoracic lymph nodes. Isolated extrapulmonary organs involvement occurs very seldom. We present two cases of sarcoidosis limited to upper respiratory tract--a young woman with laryngeal sarcoidosis and recurrent throat pain, and a woman with disease of the sinuses and pharynx and clinical symptoms of chronic sinusitis poorly responsive to conventional treatment.
Porzezińska
Maria
M
Klinika Pneumonologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku, ul. Debinki 7, Gdańsk. maria.p@interia.pl
Drozdowski
Jacek
J
Poławska
Katarzyna
K
Wolska-Goszka
Ludwika
L
Cynowska
Bogumiła
B
Słomiński
Jan Marek
JM
D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011241:Prednisone