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CALARAŞ, Diana, DAVID, Aliona, RUSU, Doina, ONEA, Leonid, PRETULA, Ruslan, BOTNARU, Victor, CORLĂTEANU, Alexandru. Diagnostic challenges of a rare disease with an unusual presentation. In: Pneumologia, 2022, vol. 71, pp. 60-66. ISSN 2067-2993. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2023-0021
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Pneumologia
Volumul 71 / 2022 / ISSN 2067-2993

Diagnostic challenges of a rare disease with an unusual presentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2023-0021

Pag. 60-66

Calaraş Diana1, David Aliona2, Rusu Doina21, Onea Leonid3, Pretula Ruslan1, Botnaru Victor1, Corlăteanu Alexandru1
 
1 ”Nicolae Testemițanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
2 Institute of Phtysiopneumology „Chiril Draganiuc”,
3 German Center for Diagnostics
 
 
Disponibil în IBN: 13 noiembrie 2023


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Sarcoidosis is a chronic systemic granulomatous disease that can show overlapping clinical features with various rheumatological entities. Even though it can be more commonly associated with Sjögren syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus, only on rare occasions, it can concomitantly occur with rheumatoid arthritis. While lacking a gold standard diagnostic tool, sarcoidosis remains an exclusion diagnosis. Moreover, an atypical presentation of a rare disease on the background of another systemic disease can be challenging, even for an experienced physician. We present a rare case of a patient with a long-standing history of rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate who developed sarcoidosis with an unusual presentation and possible cardiac involvement. 

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Autoimmune, overlap, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis