Immune Restoration Syndrome Manifested by Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Conrad Wittram1,2,
Jane Fogg3 and
Harrison Farber4
1
Department of Radiology, Section of Thoracic Radiology, Boston University
Medical Center, Atrium 2, 88 E. Newton St., Boston, MA 02118.
2
Department of Radiology, Section of Thoracic Radiology, Massachusetts General
Hospital and Harvard University, FND 202, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA
02114.
3
Dimock Community Health Center, 55 Dimock St., Roxbury, MA 02119.
4
Pulmonary Center, Boston University Medical Center, 715 Albany St., R-304,
Boston, MA 02118.

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Fig. 1A. 45-year-old woman with pulmonary sarcoidosis as manifestation
of immune restoration syndrome. High-resolution CT scan of lungs at level of
bronchus intermedius reveals ill-defined small nodular opacities in
peribronchovascular and fissural distribution. Small amount of interlobular
septal thickening (arrow) is seen.
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Fig. 1B. 45-year-old woman with pulmonary sarcoidosis as manifestation
of immune restoration syndrome. Photomicrograph of histopathologic specimen
shows noncaseating tightly formed granulomas and epithelioid histiocytes and
lymphocytes. Perilymphatic distribution of granulomas is evident. Normal lung
parenchyma and small region of fibrotic interlobular septal thickening
(arrow) are seen. (H and E, x125)
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