Ahmad-Reza Maghsoudi
1, Milad Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi
2, Fatemeh Ghaed-Amini
1, Hamid Nasri
3, Maryam Dehghani Mobarakeh
1, Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei
4*1 Department of Internal Medicine, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
2 Medical Physics and Medical Engineering Department,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences ,Isfahan, Iran.
3 Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
4 Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Prof. Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei, Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran. Telephone:+98 381 334 6692, Fax:+98 381 333 0709, , Email:
rafieian@yahoo.com
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Sarcoidosis is an unknown etiology systemic disease. Pathologically, it is characterized by the presence of noncaseating epithelioid-cell granulomas in various organs. The clinical course of sarcoidosis is widely variable. In this report we describe a case of unusual sarcoidosis, presented with submental lymphadenopathy and renal failure with normal chest x-ray.
Please cite this paper as: Maghsoudi AR , Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi M, Ghaed-Amini F, Nasri H, Dehghani Mobarakeh M,Rafieian-Kopaei M. Renal failure and sub mental lymphadenopathy in a 68 years old woman. J Nephropathology. 2012; 1(3): 198-201. DOI:10.5812/nephropathol.8295