Sarcoidosis complicated with major pulmonary artery obstruction and stenosis

Intern Med. 2012;51(19):2775-80. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7693. Epub 2012 Oct 1.

Abstract

A 34-year-old woman with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. She refused corticosteroid treatment despite a worsening of the pulmonary infiltrate, and thereafter developed dyspnea following hemoptysis 6 years later. The upper lobe branches of the pulmonary artery were obstructed and the left main pulmonary artery was narrowed by mediastinal soft tissue, thus complications of granulomatous mediastinitis and fibrosing mediastinitis were suspected. The mediastinal soft tissue regressed, following the administration of corticosteroids, whereas the vascular obstruction and narrowing remained unchanged. Although the obstruction or stenosis of major pulmonary vessels is rare in sarcoidosis, such potential developments should be considered when mediastinal soft tissue appears in follow-up examinations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / drug therapy
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology*
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / pathology*
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / complications*
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases / pathology*
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoidosis / drug therapy
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Prednisolone