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PAFMJ-Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal. 2015; 65 (5): 716-717
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RESUMO
Heerfordt-Waldenstr?m syndrome is also referred to as uveoparotid fever. In our patient physical examination showed bilateral parotid gland enlargement. Chest X-ray showed bilateral hilar lymph adenopathy. Biopsy specimen from the right parotid gland revealed scattered granulomas with focal central necrosis. Stains for acid-fast bacilli and fungi were negative. He was diagnosed as a case of Heerfordt- Waldenstr?m syndrome, a rare form of sarcoidosis in which the compression of the facial nerve results in palsy. He was treated with 60 mg of prednisone daily, and at follow-up after two weeks later, the swelling and uveitis was resolved