Hemoptysis in sarcoidosis. Apropos of 6 cases including 4 with fatal outcome (article in French)

Lemay V, Carette MF, Parrot A, Bazelly B, Grivaux M, Milleron B (Source: The Aspergillus Website – articles)

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Two Cases of Sarcoidosis Discovered Accidentally by Positron Emission Tomography in Patients with Breast Cancer

(Source: The Breast Journal)

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Comment on: Sarcoid-like granulomatosis in patients treated with tumour necrosis factor blockers: 10 cases: reply

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Cutaneous lesions as initial signs of interferon α-induced sarcoidosis: report of three new cases and review of the literature

We report three new cases of mono-localized, purely cutaneous IFN[alpha]-induced sarcoidosis. In addition, an extensive review of the literature, with special attention to skin involvement, was performed through a PubMed search. The analysis of the retrieved articles showed that cutaneous lesions are frequent signs of IFN-induced sarcoidosis. Skin involvement is documented in 56% of the [...]

Erythema nodosum in renal transplant recipients: multiple cases and review of literature

We report 4 renal transplant recipients with erythema nodosum. Erythema nodosum is a cutaneous inflammatory reaction located on the anterior aspects of the lower extremities. It may be associated with a wide variety of diseases, including infections (as in Cases 1 and 2), sarcoidosis, rheumatologic diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases (as in Case 3), medications (as [...]

Cutaneous Sarcoidosis Occurring during Anti-TNF-Alpha Treatment: Report of Two Cases

Dermatology (DOI:10.1159/000275676) (Source: Karger Publishers)

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Development of sarcoidosis following etanercept treatment: a report of three cases

We present three patients who developed sarcoidosis while on etanercept
treatment, and discuss if possible differences in cytokine profiles and T regulatory cell function in patients taking different
TNF-α inhibitors may explain this paradox.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Case ReportDOI 10.1007/s00296-009-1349-xAuthors
Inger Marie Skoie, Stavanger University Hospital Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine POB 8100 4068 [...]

Pleural sarcoidosis – a report of three cases.

Authors: Fijołek J, Wiatr E, Gawryluk D, Langfort R, Bestry I
Three patients with pleural sarcoidosis are reported. Pleural effusion in two patients and a massive pleural thickening that mimicked a tumour were observed. Histological examination of pleural biopsies revealed sarcoidosis. None of the patients received treatment. No recurrence of the pleural [...]

Sarcoidosis Following Cushing’s Syndrome: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

We report two cases of sarcoidosis following Cushing’s syndrome. A 43 year-old male developed cutaneous sarcoidosis and mediastinal lymphadenopathy after resection of an ACTH-secreting pituitary microadenoma. A 32 year-old female showed cutaneous sarcoidosis, arthralgia, mediastinal lymphadenopathy and elevation of angiotensin-converting enzyme and interleukin 2-receptor concentrations after traumatic adrenal bleeding, which ceased formerly undiagnosed hypercortisolism caused [...]