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An Unusual Manifestation of Sarcoidosis

JOSEPH C. CHRISHOLM, MD; GORDON R. LANG, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1966;118(4):376-378.

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T. HE APPEARANCE on x-ray film of a solitary circumscribed pulmonary nodule may present a difficult diagnostic problem. A case report of a solitary circumscribed pulmonary nodule due to sarcoidosis is described. To our knowledge, this is the first such case reported in the literature.

Report of a Case

B.N. was a 58-year-old woman who had been followed in the Out-Patient Department of the University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospitals since 1961 because of intermittent headaches and symptoms of carotid insufficiency. In October of 1965, a chest x-ray film revealed bilateral hilar adenopathy and a nodular lesion in the left lower lobe. A chest x-ray film in April 1965 was normal. She was admitted to the hospital late in October of 1965 for evaluation of her x-ray findings. She had a cough productive of one fourth cupful of clear mucoid sputum daily, and some increase in exertional dyspnea for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospitals, Chicago.

Footnotes
Received for publication May 13, 1966; accepted July 8.

Reprint requests to the University of Illinois College of Medicine, 840 S Wood St, Chicago 60680 (Dr. Lang).

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