Childhood Sarcoidosis mimicking Tuberculosis:A case report

Abstract Sarcoidosis is a rare multisystem chronic inflammatory disease in children. We present a case of a five-year-old child with clinical features mimicking several diseases, including tuberculosis. After failure of treatment based on the suspected diagnosis, an axillary lymph node biopsy showed...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Nathália Rayane Silva Wanderley, Maria Antonia Ferreira Gomes, Lana Lira Cantidio de Medeiros, Fernanda Paula Dantas Lobo, Carlos Bruno Fernandes Lima, Maria Goretti Lins Monteiro, Kleber Giovanni Luz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Childhood sarcoidosis
Mimicking
Tuberculosis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0229-2018
https://doaj.org/article/91067a2e19714210b0fd30ac9fc12d88
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Summary:Abstract Sarcoidosis is a rare multisystem chronic inflammatory disease in children. We present a case of a five-year-old child with clinical features mimicking several diseases, including tuberculosis. After failure of treatment based on the suspected diagnosis, an axillary lymph node biopsy showed noncaseating granulomas compatible with sarcoidosis and appropriate treatment was then started.

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