Sarcoidose: Uma forma rara de apresentação

AbstractThe clinical presentation of sarcoidosis is diverse and in over 90% of patients there is pulmonary involvement. The most common features of the radiographic findings at the time of diagnosis are bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy and pulmonary infiltration.The authors report the case of a young female patient who presented with multiple bilateral nodular shadows on chest radiograph. Surgical biopsy revealed non-necrotizing granulomas with occasional multi-nucleated giant cells compatible with sarcoidosis. Al-though this was a case of stage III pulmonary disease, the patient was asymptomatic, lung function tests were normal and there were no signs of extrathoracic involvement. Spontaneous remission occurred with-out treatment as shown on high resolution CT scan follow-up, one year later.Rev Port Pneumol 2009; XV (3): 543-55