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Fortschr Med
; 115(25): 39-42, 1997 Sep 10.
Article
in German
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9378441
ABSTRACT
A 20-year-old woman developed erythema of the lower legs and swelling of both parotid glands. Her lung function parameters were initially unremarkable, and only discrete pulmonary-hilar changes were visible on the chest X-ray, and acute sarcoidosis was considered as one of the possible differential diagnoses. The paper describes in detail the diagnostic approach and the establishment of the differential diagnosis. The first attempts at therapy with the non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug diclofenac were unsuccessful, but treatment with glucocorticoids that was thereupon tried proved effective.