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Nasopharyngeal sarcoidosis: a rare involvement

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Sarcoidosis is a chronic, multisystemic, non-caseating granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. Nasopharyngeal involvement is very rare in sarcoidosis. The objective of this report was to evaluate a rare involvement of sarcoidosis. This report includes a case of nasopharyngeal sarcoidosis. A 51-year-old female with nasopharyngeal sarcoidosis was treated as sarcoidosis, and she was better. Nasopharyngeal involvement is very rare in sarcoidosis but it must be kept in mind.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Safak Akin & Serkan Akin

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Omer Karadag & Umut Kalyoncu

  3. Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Serdar Balcı

  4. Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Burce Ozgen

  5. Endocrinology and Metobolism Department, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Safak Akin

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Akin, S., Akin, S., Karadag, O. et al. Nasopharyngeal sarcoidosis: a rare involvement. Rheumatol Int 32, 1407–1409 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-011-1866-2

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