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Sydney Grubb1, Logan N Rubin2, Dianne Pappachristou3
1Critical Care, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tallahassee, USA.
Abstract:
Sarcoidosis is a well-characterized inflammatory disease that affects multiple organ systems and can have long-term devastating outcomes if not identified and treated appropriately. The disease is most prevalent among young to middle-aged African American women. It most commonly presents with pulmonary involvement, though there are reported cases of sarcoidosis without pulmonary involvement. Pulmonary presentations can be biopsied, diagnosed, and treated with primary immunomodulation with great treatment success. Here, we present an unusual presentation of sarcoidosis as granulomatosis mucositis in the salivary gland and concurrent rare complication of sarcoid myositis in the rectus femoris in a patient with no evidence of pulmonary involvement throughout the duration of their clinical course. Further, we discuss differential diagnoses related to this patient's presentation as well as the efficacy of treatment modalities available in the management of this disease.
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