[Symptomatic splenomegaly in a young Japanese man with sarcoidosis accompanied by spleen, liver, kidney, lung and lymph node lesions].
A 27-year-old man experienced progressive left hypochondralgia. CT with contrast medium enhancement revealed marked splenomegaly, multiple swollen lymph nodes in the mediastinum and abdominal cavity, and multiple nodules in the spleen, liver, kidneys and lungs. Pathological examinations of the lung and liver lesions showed non-caseating granulomatous lesions, and established the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. The symptom and lesions presented by CT regressed dramatically with administration of corticosteroid (30 mg/day oral prednisolone). Symptomatic splenomegaly in a young Japanese man with sarcoidosis seems very rare especially considering that sarcoidosis lesions completely regress spontaneously within a year in 90% patients of young Japanese men with sarcoidosis.
Kitamura
Atsushi
A
Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medecine, Chiba University.
Takiguchi
Yuichi
Y
Sugiura
Toshihiko
T
Kitazono
Satoru
S
Kurosu
Katsushi
K
Tanabe
Nobuhiro
N
Kisimoto
Takeshi
T
Tatsumi
Koichiro
K
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000150:complications*