A Rare Case of a Tuberculosis Patient with Sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis and tuberculosis are chronic diseases that rarely occur

concomitantly. We present the case of a 39-year-old woman with microbiological

confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis and concomitant sarcoidosis. Four weeks

after corticosteroid therapy for sarcoidosis was introduced we had positive findings

of mycobacterium culture from bronchial aspirate. Based on these results,

corticosteroid therapy was discontinued and the patient received anti-tuberculosis

therapy for six months as required by the national guidelines. During this period,

new nodes on face, nose, and ear appeared and the patient was diagnosed

with skin sarcoidosis. The patient received colchicine and corticosteroids as per

the national guidelines.