Renal Failure Found during the Follow-up of Sarcoidosis: The Relevance of a Delay in the Diagnosis of Concurrent Hypercalcemia

Intern Med. 2016;55(14):1893-8. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6194. Epub 2016 Jul 15.

Abstract

We herein present a case of relapsed sarcoidosis with a deteriorated renal function accompanied by hypercalcemia, nephrolithiasis, and a ureteral stone in a woman with a history of ocular sarcoidosis. The ocular involvement appeared to be well controlled for a long period of time with a topical ophthalmic steroid; however, we believe that the absence of apparent recrudescence could have led to the delay in our diagnosis of relapse of the disease during the follow-up period. The conundrums regarding longitudinal surveillance for both evaluating the disease activity and determining the necessity of therapeutics are also discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Chronic Disease
  • Eye Diseases / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypercalcemia / complications*
  • Kidney Calculi / complications*
  • Recurrence
  • Renal Insufficiency / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Ureteral Calculi / complications*