A Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis

A Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis

Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disease, most commonly involving the lungs, that usually affects middle-aged adults. Due to its clinicoradiological resemblance with tuberculosis (TB), in countries such as India, sarcoidosis is often misdiagnosed and mistreated as TB. We report a ca...

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Main Authors: Srijna Rana, Rajwinder Kaur, Nirmal C Kajal, Nishanth PS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Subjects:
Misdiagnosis
pulmonary sarcoidosis
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2018;volume=6;issue=2;spage=65;epage=67;aulast=Rana

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