Multiple bone fractures found in a young sarcoidosis patient with long stable disease

Intern Med. 2005 Dec;44(12):1269-75. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1269.

Abstract

A 22-year-old Japanese man was found to have bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy (BHL), and was diagnosed with sarcoidosis in 1995. He was followed without treatment until 2002, when a bone fracture due to osseous sarcoidosis was found in his left thumb. Despite systemic treatment with corticosteroid and methotrexate, a new bone lesion developed in his right foot and his right middle finger was fractured. The patient also suffered multiple organ involvements including brain and muscle lesions. This is the first report of a sarcoidosis patient who presented with BHL, and developed bone fractures after a long stable period of more than 5 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Finger Injuries / diagnosis
  • Finger Injuries / etiology*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Foot Injuries / diagnosis
  • Foot Injuries / etiology*
  • Fractures, Bone / diagnosis
  • Fractures, Bone / etiology*
  • Fractures, Spontaneous
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
  • Sarcoidosis / drug therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunosuppressive Agents