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Original Article
Leucopenia as Presentation of Sarcoidosis
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Copyright: © International Journal of Health Sciences
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This article was originally published by Qassim University and was migrated to Scientific Scholar after the change of Publisher.
This article was originally published by Qassim University and was migrated to Scientific Scholar after the change of Publisher.
Abstract
Abstract: A 20-year-old male Saudi national presented initially with leucopenia and splenomegaly. The absence of other signs of disease, progressive pancytopenia and normal bone marrow examination posed a diagnostic dilemma as to the cause of hypersplenism. Subsequently, the patient had splenectomy the histopathological appearance of which was non-caseating granuloma. A high level of angiotension converting enzyme (ACE) was found in this patient. Sarcoidosis is a recognized cause of hypersplenism, and though the disease is not yet widely described in this part of the world. It is the most probable diagnosis in this patient.
