A Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disease, most commonly involving the lungs, that usually affects middle-aged adults. Due to its clinicoradiological resemblance with tuberculosis (TB), in countries such as India, sarcoidosis is often misdiagnosed and mistreated as TB. We report a case of 62-year-old female with sarcoidosis, which was misdiagnosed as TB.

Keywords

• Misdiagnosis
• pulmonary sarcoidosis
• tuberculosis