Sarcoidosis-tuberculosis association: a case report

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 1996 Apr;51(2):120-2.

Abstract

The association of sarcoidosis and tuberculosis is rare and, its differentiation is sometimes very difficult. We report the case of a young man who presented with type III sarcoidosis complicated by pulmonary tuberculosis within 17 months of the diagnosis, leading to a fatal outcome. A change in antimycobacterial antigen complex A60 immunoglobulin G (IgG) titres, as seen in our case, may be helpful in differentiating between the two diseases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
  • Biomarkers
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / immunology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / complications
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / immunology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Biomarkers
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • mycobacterial A60 antigen