A Case of Elderly Onset Sarcoidosis.

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  • Sekiya Mitsuaki
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine
  • Ueki Jun
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine
  • Ienaga Hiroki
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine
  • Takahashi Hideki
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine
  • Dambara Takashi
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine
  • Fukuchi Yoshinosuke
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine

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  • 高齢発症のサルコイドーシスの１例

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Although sarcoidosis is generally considered a disease of young and middle aged adults, there have been a certain number of cases among elderly. However it is unknown whether sarcoidosis in the elderly is recurrence of prior disease or initial onset at old ages. We present a 77-year-old woman with sarcoidosis the onset of which was considered to be in the last 6 months prior to the initial diagnosis. The patient was admitted to our hospital for further evaluation of bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy (BHL) and uveitis. BHL was not present in a chest radiograph taken 6 months prior to the admission. A clinical diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made by elevated serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and lysozyme (24.9IU/L and 18.2μg/ml, respectively), negative tuberculin skin test, concomitant presence of uveitis, and a high proportion of lymphocytes (33.2%) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid with an elevated CD4/CD8 ratio (24.5). This is a noteworthy case of sarcoidosis in which we could confirm elderly onset of the disease.

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