CASE REPORT OF EXTRA PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS PRESENTING AS SPLENOMEGALY IN ABSENCE OF PULMONARY INVOLVEMENT
Dr. Shujat Gul, Dr. Aadil Ashraf, Dr. Irfan Gul*, Dr. Asifa Ali and Dr. Nivenjit Kaur
ABSTRACT
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease with multisystem involvement mostly pulmonary.Extrapulmonary involvement without pulmonary involvement is very rare. We report a case of extra pulmonary sarcoidosis presenting as splenomegaly in absence of pulmonary involvement.40 year old male presenting with fever and splenomegaly and axillary lymphmadenopathy.chest roentgram and CECT chest were normal. Serum Ace levels were high. Lymph node biopsy is suggestive of sarcoidosis. Patient responded to steroids
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