Author(s): Soares, M ; Sousa, C ; Garanito, L ; Freire, F
Date: 2016
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1924
Origin: Repositório do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca
Subject(s): Sarcoidosis; Respiratory tract diseases; Doenças respiratórias
Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology. It can affect any part of the organism, although the lung is the most frequently affected organ. Upper airway involvement is rare, particularly if isolated. Sarcoidosis is a diagnosis of exclusion, established by histological evidence of non-caseating granulomas and the absence of other granulomatous diseases. The authors report a case of a man with sarcoidosis manifesting as a chronic inflammatory stenotic condition of the upper respiratory tract and trachea.
