Atypical Early Onset Juvenile Sarcoidosis Presenting with Osteolytic Lesions

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a potentially fatal systemic inflammatory granulomatous disease, can occur in adult and pediatric patients, but it is relatively rare in children. Juvenile sarcoidosis has a diverse clinical course depending on the age of onset. Bone involvement is rarely noted in children with sarcoidosis and usually seen late in the course of the disease and is rarely the initial manifestation. Here we report a case of early onset juvenile sarcoidosis revealed by cutaneous and osseous lytic lesions of the phalanges. Keywords: Atypical, Early onset, Juvenile, Sarcoidosis, Osteolytic lesions, Osseous sarcoidosis, Phalanges.