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Sickle cell anemia patient with sarcoidosis-associated inguinal lymph node and lung infiltration.

Birol Güvenç 1, Cagatay Unsal 1, Ismail Hanta 1, Aydan Unsal 1, Hakan Güvenç 1
PMCID: PMC2569495  PMID: 16035582

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized by noncaseating granulomatous infiltration of any organ. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the homozygoid form of sickle cell disease (SCD), which includes a group of genetic disorders characterized by production of an abnormal hemoglobin S (HbS). There are a few case reports with coexistence of sarcoidosis and SCA. We reported a 47-year-old female with SCA and sarcoidosis.

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