PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Islam A Ibrahim
AU  - Osama M Estaitieh
AU  - Hadeel A Alrabee
AU  - Mazen Alzahrani
TI  - Sarcoidosis and HIV infection in a native Saudi man
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-224386
DP  - 2018 Oct 03
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr-2018-224386
VI  - 2018
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-224386.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2018/bcr-2018-224386.full
AB  - Sarcoidosis is a rare condition among native Saudis. It typically presents with asymptomatic chest radiographs, exertional breathlessness and cough. The coexistence of sarcoidosis and HIV is also rare, and the overlap of the symptoms makes their differential diagnosis challenging. Nevertheless, the outcome of sarcoidosis is favourable with or without the presence of HIV. We present a case of a 55-year-old native Saudi man with extremely atypical sarcoidosis presentation coexisting with HIV. This case highlights the association between the two pathologies, and the difficulties encountered in establishing a proper diagnosis in the presence of two overlapping diseases.