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Childhood sarcoidosis with fatal cor pulmonale

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A 14 year-old white girl who developed fatal cor pulmonale from severe pulmonary sarcoidosis had a previous clinical diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. Chest radiographs demonstrated marked pulmonary fibrosis without the changes of severe bronchiectasis that would be anticipated with cystic fibrosis.

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  1. The Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 39th and Rainbow Boulevard, 66103, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

    R. E. Moffat & C. H. J. Chang

  2. The Department of Pathology and Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

    R. E. Sobonya

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Moffat, R.E., Sobonya, R.E. & Chang, C.H.J. Childhood sarcoidosis with fatal cor pulmonale. Pediatr Radiol 7, 180–182 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975445

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