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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Published on: June 16, 2020
[A 52-year-old patient with positive troponin, iron deficiency anemia and known sarcoidosis]
O Mühling1, M El-Nounou, C Schäfer
1Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München. olaf.muehling@med.uni-muenchen.de
Abstract:
We report on a 52-year-old female patient with recurrent neurosarcoidosis and an "atypical" course of celiac disease, with mild clinic features, positive IgA-antibodies and histology. In our patient, the IgA-antibodies led to a false positive troponin I test, and we initially suspected an acute coronary syndrome. With dietary treatment of the celiac disease, the antibodies decreased and the troponin I test became negative. The coincidental occurrence of sarcoidosis and "potential" celiac disease (positive antibodies only) has been reported. The coincidence of an "atypical" celiac disease and sarcoidosis is rare.
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