| Autor: |
Panagou Panagiotis, Sampaziotis Dimitrios, Rallis Efstathios, Psathakis Kostas, Katsenos Stamatis, Nikolopoulou Melita, Tsintiris Kostas, Bouros Demosthenes |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 26 (2006) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1471-2466 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/1471-2466-6-26 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Sarcoidosis is rarely associated with a distinct disease. One disease infrequently associated with sarcoidosis is psoriasis. Case presentation This case study describes a 38-year-old male, who presented with chest pain, high-grade fever, arthralgias and a skin rash accompanied by bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy on his chest radiograph. Extensive investigations including fiber-optic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and labial and skin biopsies, demonstrated that two distinct clinical entities co-existed in the same patient: pulmonary sarcoidosis and psoriasis vulgaris. Combination therapy for both diseases was applied and the patient was greatly improved. Conclusion This is the first well-documented case of sarcoidosis and psoriasis in the same patient, reported on the basis of safe and widely-used techniques that were not available until fairly recently. These disorders might share common pathogenic mechanisms that could explain their co-existence in the patient. |
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