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Fatal renal failure as the first manifestation of sarcoidosis diagnosed on necropsy in a young man: a case report
  1. A Awasthi1,
  2. R Nada1,
  3. P Malhotra2,
  4. R Goel1,
  5. K Joshi1
  1. 1Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, India
  2. 2Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr A Awasthi
 Department of Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, India; dranshupuneetyahoo.com

Abstract

Renal involvement as the first manifestation of sarcoidosis is rare and has never been reported in India. This report describes a 35 year old man who was admitted to the emergency department with a clinical diagnosis of acute on chronic renal failure, secondary to obstructive uropathy. Postmortem examination unexpectedly revealed disseminated sarcoidosis.

  • first manifestation
  • normal serum calcium
  • renal failure
  • sarcoidosis

https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2004.018325

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