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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
An autopsy case of a 70-year-old woman with sarcoidosis followed up for 16 years is reported. She was admitted for examination of bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy on chest X-ray film and uveitis in 1971. Sarcoid granuloma was revealed by Daniels lymph node biopsy. After steroid therapy, bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy and uveitis disappeared. However, small nodular shadows appeared in bilateral lower lung fields on chest X-ray film in 1973. Gradually small nodular shadows increased and reticular shadows appeared. In 1980, chest X-ray film revealed fibrotic change in the bilateral lung fields and giant bulla in the left upper lung field. She developed acute pneumonia and died of acute progression of chronic respiratory failure in 1987. Autopsy revealed sarcoid granulomas and honeycomb lesions in bilateral lungs and also silicotic nodules near the sarcoid granuloma in the upper lobes. This case suggests that inhaled mineral particles may play an important role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis in sarcoidosis.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0301-1542
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
376-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[A long-term follow-up case of sarcoidosis with fibrosis and silicotic nodules in the lung].
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports