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Cureus
December 2024
Professorial Surgical Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, LKA.
Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease with multisystemic involvement with unspecified aetiology. Pancreatic involvement is a rare manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis and is often detected in postmortem studies. This clearly implies the rarity of the disease and its diagnostic challenges.
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December 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic, immune-mediated, fibroinflammatory disorder that affects multiple organs. Histopathologically, the supportive findings of IgG4-RD include dense lymphocytic infiltrates, obliterative phlebitis, storiform fibrosis, and elevated numbers of IgG4-positive plasma cells. However, the presence of granulomatous inflammation is generally considered highly atypical, suggesting alternative diagnoses such as sarcoidosis and lymphoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of undetermined etiology that usually affects the lungs. It is a rare presentation to have an association between sarcoidosis and pancreatitis. We present a challenging case of acute pancreatitis and kidney dysfunction which had been diagnosed later to be sarcoidosis.
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January 2025
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
A 62-year-old man had bilateral eyelid swelling for 4 months. Two months before admission, he developed fatigue and lost 5 kg of body weight. Further examination revealed elevated serum C-reactive protein, normal angiotensin-converting enzyme, elevated proteinase-3 antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (PR3-ANCA), and normal immunoglobulin (Ig)G4 concentration.
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July 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, North Alabama Medical Center, Florence, AL, USA.
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy is a complicated condition often linked to parathyroid hormone, parathyroid hormone-related peptide, or bone metastasis. This report presents a unique case of calcitriol-mediated hypercalcemia in an 89-year-old female with primary pancreatic lymphoma, highlighting the rarity and complexity of this presentation. Initially, the patient's condition was thought to be related to sarcoidosis, but the recurrence of hypercalcemia led to the discovery of pancreatic B-cell lymphoma as the underlying cause.
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