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Acute‐onset sarcoidosis presenting as workplace‐related hyperreactive airway disease
Author(s) -
Parkinson David K.,
Grennan M. Joseph
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700090307
Subject(s) - medicine , methacholine , sarcoidosis , airway , disease , dermatology , immunology , respiratory disease , lung , anesthesia
Bechtel et al [Am Rev Respir Dis 124:759–761, 1981] have reported a high prevalence of positive methacholine challenge tests in patients with sarcoidosis. We report a patient with sarcoidosis who was identified because of symptoms resulting from exposure to workplace irritants. The presence of hyperreactive airways was confirmed by a positive methacholine challenge.