Open AccessAn extremely unusual presentation of isolated extrathoracic sarcoidosis of submandibular lymph node in a child
Author(s) -
Anand Agrawal,
Kulwant Singh,
Dheeraj Parihar,
Chandermani
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.142154
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , medicine , histopathology , presentation (obstetrics) , biopsy , granuloma , pathology , lymph node , dermatology , radiology
A 12-year-old male child presented with left submandibular lymphadenopathy; excision biopsy revealed noncaseating granuloma with numerous Schaumann bodies in histopathology, suggestive of isolated extrathoracic sarcoidosis, which is an extremely rare entity in the pediatric age group.