Sarcoidosis of the ethmoid sinus. Apropos of a case
Orsel, S.; Loustaud, V.; Bessede, J.P.; Sauvage, J.P.; Catanzano, G.
Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 108(1): 54-56
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X PMID: 2018278 Document Number: 385682
We report the case of a 78 year old man with unilateral persistent headache and associated bilateral kerato-conjunctivitis and minor skin lesions. Chronic ethmoiditis was diagnosed on a CT scan, and endoscopically controlled endonasal ethmoidal biopsy gave the diagnosis of sarcoid and hence the treatment. A nodular type isolated pulmonary lesion, atypical for sarcoidosis, also disappeared on steroid therapy. A review of the literature showed this to be an exceptionally rare form of the disease.