Bronchoscopic Management of Sarcoidosis Related Bronchial Stenosis With Adjunctive Topical Mitomycin C [CASE REPORTS]
A 58-year-old woman with multiple proximal airway stenoses due to sarcoidosis failed to improve with steroid therapy. After bronchoscopic balloon dilation with adjunctive topical mitomycin C, there was symptomatic improvement and preserved patency of the airways one month later. However, the patient’s effort tolerance gradually deteriorated subsequently, and a repeat bronchoscopy one year later showed [...]
Rare localizations of bone sarcoidosis: two case reports and review of the literature
Abstract Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unknown origin. Granulomatous bone involvement has an overall incidence of 1–13%. This incidence is probably underestimated in certain patient series because bone involvement is often asymptomatic. The small bones of hands and feet are the most common localizations, while skull, knee, rib, pelvic and sternal localizations are rarely reported. [...]