SARCOIDOSIS, A CHALLENGE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Sarcoidosis is a complex systemic inflammatory disease that in some cases can reach chronicity. It is prevalent in young women, it is of unknown cause that affects the respiratory system and lymph nodes.In addition, it can show predilection for other organs such as: skin, eyes, peritoneum, liver, joints and heart, with granuloma formation (nodules and masses abnormal). For the diagnosis, the radiological clinical findings and the report of a biopsy of non-caseous granulomas of epithelioid cells should be correlated. Given the aforementioned, the clinical case of a patient who was admitted to the “Hospital General IESS Quito Sur” is presented. Which shows a rare evolutionary course that could even be confused with a diagnosis compatible with tuberculosis and histoplasmosis.