title: [Isolated sarcoidosis of upper respiratory tract--a description of 2 cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Pneumonologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku, ul. Debinki 7, Gdańsk. maria.p@interia.pl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porzezińska
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drozdowski
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poławska
authors.forename: Ludwika
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolska-Goszka
authors.forename: Bogumiła
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cynowska
authors.forename: Jan Marek
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Słomiński
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011241:Prednisone