[Sarcoidosis of the ethmoid sinus. Apropos of a case]

Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac. 1991;108(1):54-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the case of a 78 year old man with unilateral persistent headache and associated bilateral kerato-conjunctivitis and minor skin lesions. Chronic ethmoiditis was diagnosed on a CT scan, and endoscopically controlled endonasal ethmoidal biopsy gave the diagnosis of sarcoid and hence the treatment. A nodular type isolated pulmonary lesion, atypical for sarcoidosis, also disappeared on steroid therapy. A review of the literature showed this to be an exceptionally rare form of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / etiology*
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones