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Richard J. D'Amico, MD

JAMA. 1975;231(8):851-852.

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History

A 24-year-old black woman was admitted to the hospital with a complaint of persistent cough of three months' duration. She had had normal chest roentgenograms approximately 12 and 6 months before admission for similar complaints.

Physical examination demonstrated a comfortable, obese woman with no shortness of breath. Examination of the neck, thorax, and abdomen gave normal findings. No evidence of lymphadenopathy was apparent. Routine complete blood cell count and urinalysis showed no abnormalities. Results of intravenous urography, mammography, and thyroid scan were also normal. Persistent cough remained the sole complaint of the patient.

Figures 1 and 2 were obtained on admission.

Diagnosis

Sarcoidosis.

Comment

The posteroanterior and lateral chest roentgenograms disclose a number of large, ill-defined nodular densities varying in diameter from 3 to 5 cm, located mainly in the central and lower zones of both lung fields. The borders of the nodular densities are hazy and fluffy and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Bayonne Hospital, Bayonne, NJ.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Bayonne Hospital, 29 E 29th St, Bayonne, NJ 07002 (Dr. D'Amico).

Edited by Z. Danilevicius, MD, Senior Editor.

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