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Renal Failure Found during the Follow-up of Sarcoidosis: The Relevance of a Delay in the Diagnosis of Concurrent Hypercalcemia.

Authors :
Hishida E
Masuda T
Akimoto T
Sato R
Wakabayashi N
Miki A
Otani N
Imai T
Sugase T
Takeda S
Muto S
Nagata D
Source :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Intern Med] 2016; Vol. 55 (14), pp. 1893-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 15.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

We herein present a case of relapsed sarcoidosis with a deteriorated renal function accompanied by hypercalcemia, nephrolithiasis, and a ureteral stone in a woman with a history of ocular sarcoidosis. The ocular involvement appeared to be well controlled for a long period of time with a topical ophthalmic steroid; however, we believe that the absence of apparent recrudescence could have led to the delay in our diagnosis of relapse of the disease during the follow-up period. The conundrums regarding longitudinal surveillance for both evaluating the disease activity and determining the necessity of therapeutics are also discussed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1349-7235
Volume :
55
Issue :
14
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
27432099
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6194