Atypical pulmonary sarcoidosis. A case report

The pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis are varied. This report describes a patient with rapidly progressive pulmonary sarcoidosis which had several unusual features and presented with acute pneumonia with air bronchograms on chest radiographs. Gallium-67 scanning and serum angiotensin-converting enzyme estimations aided in the diagnosis and in determining the response to steroid therapy.