title: Acute renal failure as a form of presentation of sarcoidosis in a young adult: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease. Renal involvement is a rare initial presentation of this disease. Few articles on renal involvement as an initial presentation of sarcoidosis have been published in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 26-year-old Caucasian woman presented with acute renal failure as an initial manifestation of sarcoidosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Renal involvement is an uncommon feature of sarcoidosis and it is essential to establish a fast and correct diagnosis because early therapy avoids progression to terminal renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de São João, E,P,E, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal. joana.rema@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rema
authors.forename: Margarida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.forename: Margarida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Augusta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Praça
authors.forename: Margarida
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freitas-Silva
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cardoso
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones