Open AccessSevere Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options
Author(s) -
Rahul Khera,
Rahul Kumar Sharma,
Deepak Prajapat,
Deepak Talwar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of association of chest physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2320-9089
pISSN - 2320-8775
DOI - 10.4103/jacp.jacp_11_17
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , refractory (planetary science) , pulmonary sarcoidosis , intensive care medicine , therapeutic approach , dermatology , disease , physics , astrobiology
Patients with sarcoidosis who fail to improve on corticosteroids pose a therapeutic challenge for clinicians, because there is a lack of consensus guidelines to manage these patients with other therapeutic options. Herein, we report one such patient with severe progressive sarcoidosis and review the alternative treatment options in patients with sarcoidosis who progress over corticosteroid therapy