Hypercalcemia of Sarcoid Corrected with Cortisone

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THE course of Boeck's sarcoid is characteristically said to be benign.1 However, significant impairment of vital organs is not uncommon. Most frequently noted are eye involvement, which may lead to diminished vision or blindness,2 and pulmonary lesions resulting in fibrosis of lung parenchyma, pulmonary insufficiency and cor pulmonale.3 A less emphasized abnormality in sarcoidosis is hypercalcemia and its attendant dangers to the patient. In the following case, reversal of hypercalcemia was accomplished with cortisone.Case ReportA 28-year-old man had fever, migratory joint pain and red nodular lesions of the skin of the anterior surface of both legs in May, . . .

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