An Atypical Presentation of Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease characterized by non-caseating granulomatous organ infiltration. We describe an atypical presentation of sarcoidosis in a 43-year-old male presenting with fatigue and shortness of breath. He had a preceding history of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE), hemolytic anemia, cirrhosis, peripheral neuropathies, and calcium deposition, which pre-dated hypercalcemia; he was later diagnosed with IgA nephropathy. Clinicians should consider sarcoidosis in patients with findings of multisystem disease even without hilar lymphadenopathy or hypercalcemia.
Authors
- Chelsea Kubinec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2814-3287)
- Aldo J. Montaño‐Loza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2511-7980)
- Christopher Fung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7516-8631)
- Lauren Bolster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6767-6748)
- Zaeem A. Siddiqi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2421-8381)
- Jennifer Ringrose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1779-5175)
- Safwat Girgis
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Alberta Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.67406
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.33