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Chest, Vol 73, 413-414, Copyright © 1978 by American College of Chest Physicians
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DR Hafermann, DA Solomon and RB Byrd
A 21-year-old black man had pleuritic pain as the initial symptom of his sarcoidosis. Chest roentgenographic examination showed an infiltrate in the left upper lobe and a left pleural thickening. Sarcoidosis was diagnosed by pulmonary biopsy. Thus, sarcoidosis may closely mimic tuberculosis by initially occurring as predominantly apical infiltrates and pleural reaction.
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