期刊名称：Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção
印刷版ISSN：2238-3360
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：4
页码：489-491
DOI：10.17058/reci.v8i4.12860
语种：English
出版社：Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção
摘要：Objectives: The present report aims to discuss the differential diagnosis between tuberculosis and sarcoidosis. Case description: The case of a 25-year-old male patient who developed granulomatous arthritis and osteomyelitis with nonnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation suggesting a sarcoidosis. Twenty-four months before this report, he had positive laboratory results to pulmonary tuberculosis, however, he was not treated. Conclusion: This case report demonstrates how necessary is the follow-up of patient after the performance of a diagnostic testing to tuberculosis, and the challenge to confirm a diagnosis of sarcoidosis in a patient with tuberculosis.
