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. 1969 Oct;45(528):668–674. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.45.528.668

Familial sarcoidosis terminating as neurosarcoidosis

R Salm
PMCID: PMC2466844  PMID: 5358384

Abstract

A case of sarcoidosis is recorded in a 27-year-old male, whose elder sister has also been suffering from sarcoidosis.

The disease was characterized by involvement of the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract, gross transient peripheral lymphadenopathy and terminal neurosarcoidosis, death being due to an acute obstructive hydrocephalus.

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