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A 40-year-old male with a history of pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with cough, haemoptysis, and dyspnoea, with laboratory findings showing leukocytosis and increased C-reactive protein.
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Case report detailing the clinical presentation and initial laboratory findings of a 40-year-old male with respiratory symptoms and a history of pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Case reportA 40-yr-old Caucasian male was referred to the Dept of Respiratory Diseases because of cough and increasing dyspnoea.He had been through several courses of antibiotics for these symptoms as well as periods of fever during the last 12 months.In spite of this, his nonproductive cough had increased and finally resulted in a haemoptysis 2 weeks prior to the investigation.Weight loss and lack of physical strength were also present at this time.He was a lifelong nonsmoker, lived in the countryside and worked as a carpenter.He had previously been diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis in 1992, and had been treated with tapering doses of peroral corticosteroids and controlled without recurrence of the disease.He is now on no regular medication.Routine physical examination did not show any physical abnormalities.Laboratory investigations revealed blood gas values within the normal range, a slight anaemia (haemoglobin 126 g?L -1 ) and a blood leukocytosis of 14.3610 9 ?L -1 (mainly neutrophils, 87%).Serum level of angiotensin converting enzyme was normal, C-reactive protein was increased to
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Riise et al. (2001) conducted a case report in Cough, haemoptysis, and dyspnoea (n=1). A 40-year-old male with a history of pulmonary sarcoidosis presented with cough, haemoptysis, and dyspnoea, with laboratory findings showing leukocytosis and increased C-reactive protein.
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