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11510104

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
We present a case of sarcoidosis acutely aggravated with high fever and diffuse interstitial pulmonary infiltrates in a female patient at the age of 64. Sarcoidosis was diagnosed in another hospital as a result of iritis, chest radiography findings, and a negative reaction in a tuberculin skin test. She was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea and a high temperature of 39 degrees C in February 1994. A marked hypoxemia (PaO2 46.5 torr) was found in arterial blood gas analysis. Chest radiography revealed a bilateral diffuse reticulo-nodular shadows, and chest CT showed ground glass opacity predominant posteriorly. Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed an increase in lymphocytes and an increased ratio of CD4 to CD8 T lymphocyte. Transbronchial lung biopsy revealed lymphocytic alveolitis and proliferation of epithelioid cell granulomas in the alveolar septa and intraalveolar spaces. The patient was treated for deterioration of sarcoidosis with 40 mg of prednisolone and her respiratory status and the radiographic findings improved rapidly. With dose tapering of prednisolone, dyspnea and deterioration of the radiographic findings occurred, but with addition of a weekly low dose of methotrexate, dose reduction of prednisolone was achieved.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1343-3490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of sarcoidosis acutely aggravated with high fever and diffuse interstitial pulmonary infiltrates].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Respiratory Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, 4-1-22 Hiro-o, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports