AI Article Synopsis
- - Sarcoidosis is a rare chronic inflammatory disease that can affect multiple systems in children, making it hard to diagnose.
- - A case study discusses a five-year-old whose symptoms looked like those of tuberculosis and other diseases.
- - After treatment for the wrong diagnosis didn’t work, a biopsy revealed noncaseating granulomas, confirming sarcoidosis, which led to the correct treatment being initiated.
Article Abstract
Sarcoidosis is a rare multisystem chronic inflammatory disease in children. We present a case of a five-year-old child with clinical features mimicking several diseases, including tuberculosis. After failure of treatment based on the suspected diagnosis, an axillary lymph node biopsy showed noncaseating granulomas compatible with sarcoidosis and appropriate treatment was then started.
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