Open AccessNecrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis: A Disease Not to be Forgotten
Author(s) -
A I Parejo-Morón,
M L Tornero-Divieso,
María Fernández-Díaz,
Leopoldo Muñoz-Medina,
Ovidiu Preda,
Norberto OrtegoCenteno
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2020/5730704
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , medicine , disease , etiology , tuberculosis , pathology , dermatology , lung
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology characterised by the appearance of noncaseifying epithelioid granulomas in the affected organs, most commonly the lungs, skin, and eyes (Iannuzzi et al. 2007). Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis (NGS) is a rare and little-known form of disease, which also presents nodular lung lesions, and it shares pathologic and clinical findings with sarcoidosis, where the presence of necrosis may lead to misdiagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), leading to a consequent delay in treatment of the underlying entity (Chong et al. 2015). This is exactly what happened with the two cases that we present here.