title: Pulmonary sarcoidosis in a preschool patient.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a rare disease, especially in the preschool age group where it usually presents with eye, joint, and skin involvement sparing the lungs. Multiple treatment regimes have been described with oral prednisolone being the usual first line treatment. We describe a case of a 4-year-old boy presenting with pulmonary sarcoidosis with no other organ involvement. The child was successfully managed with pulse intravenous methylprednisolone followed by oral prednisolone and has had a good outcome. This case reports a rare presentation of preschool sarcoidosis as well as the novel and successful use of pulse methylprednisolone in paediatric pulmonary sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Shivanthan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanthikumar
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone; D008775:Methylprednisolone
keywords: child; methylprednisolone; preschool; pulmonary; sarcoidosis