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<journal-id>1561-3194</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Ciencias Médicas]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1561-3194</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1561-31942023000300020</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Síndrome de Löfgren como forma infrecuente de sarcoidosis aguda]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Lofgren's síndrome as a rare form of acute sarcoidosis]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iraisy]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cabrera-Gámez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maite]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fortún-Prieto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adalberto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pineda-Daniel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oderkys]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río Hospital Municipal &#8220;Augusto César Sandino&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Endocrinología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente &#8220;Dr. León Cuervo Rubio&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1561-31942023000300020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1561-31942023000300020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1561-31942023000300020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  la sarcoidosis es una enfermedad granulomatosa y multisistémica de etiología desconocida definida como una respuesta inflamatoria ante un antígeno del medio ambiente en una persona genéticamente susceptible. El síndrome de Löfgren es una forma de presentación que cursa con hallazgos clínicos estereotípicos manifestada como una tríada de periartritis aguda, eritema nudoso y adenopatías hiliares.  Reporte de caso:  se reporta un caso con los hallazgos característicos de esta forma clínica en el que, después de la discusión multidisciplinaria de los hallazgos encontrados en el examen físico y los estudios complementarios, se decidió iniciar tratamiento con glucocorticoides sin realizar la biopsia de ganglio mediastinal, un proceder invasivo y riesgoso.  Conclusiones:  la evolución clínica del paciente fue favorables y en la actualidad se encuentra asintomático, sin tratamiento y sin evidencia de complicaciones o progresión hacia la forma crónica de la enfermedad después de tres años de evolución.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  sarcoidosis is a granulomatous and multisystemic disease of unknown etiology defined as an inflammatory response to an environmental antigen in a genetically susceptible person. Löfgren's syndrome is a form of presentation with stereotypical clinical findings manifested as a triad of acute periarthritis, erythema nodosum and hilar adenopathy.  Case report:  we report a case with the characteristic findings of this clinical form in which, after the multidisciplinary discussion of the findings found in the physical examination and complementary studies, it was decided to start treatment with glucocorticoids without performing mediastinal lymph node biopsy, an invasive and risky procedure.  Conclusions:  the clinical evolution of the patient was favorable and at present he is asymptomatic, without treatment and without evidence of complications or progression towards the chronic form of the disease after three years of evolution.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[SARCOIDOSIS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ENFERMEDAD GRANULOMATOSA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ERITEMA NUDOSO]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ENFERMEDAD AUTOINMUNE]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SARCOIDOSIS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ERYTHEMA NODOSUM]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.]]></kwd>
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