Case Report
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World J Clin Cases. Dec 16, 2022; 10(35): 13074-13080
Published online Dec 16, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i35.13074
Pulmonary sarcoidosis: A novel sequelae of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: A case report
Yu-Qi Hu, Chen-Yang Lv, Ai Cui
Yu-Qi Hu, Chen-Yang Lv, Ai Cui, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China
Chen-Yang Lv, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Fangshan District, Beijing 102499, China
Author contributions: Hu YQ and Lv CY collected the data, imaging, and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript; Cui A was the primary physician during the patient’s hospital stay and was responsible for overseeing the report and editing the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Ai Cui, MD, Chief Physician, Professor, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 8 Gongren Tiyuchang Nanlu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020, China. cuiai@ccmu.edu.cn
Received: September 14, 2022
Peer-review started: September 14, 2022
First decision: November 4, 2022
Revised: November 13, 2022
Accepted: November 23, 2022
Article in press: November 23, 2022
Published online: December 16, 2022
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Sarcoidosis is a clinical challenge due to its less understood etiology and heterogeneous manifestations in most cases. Here, we report a unique case of pulmonary sarcoidosis that developed as a prolonged symptom of allopurinol-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). The case indicated that the autoimmune reaction of DRESS may play an important role in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis.