SARCOID MYOPATHY IN A PATIENT WITH HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION

Although neither sarcoidosis nor HIV infection is rare, only eight pat ients with both diseases have been described. None of the eight had sa rcoid myopathy. We describe a patient who had HIV infection and decrea sed CD4+ T-lymphocytes as well as sarcoidosis with muscle involvement. During 3 years of observation, primary sarcoidosis remitted and myopa thic symptoms were controlled with prednisone. No opportunistic infect ions occurred during more than 3 years of prednisone therapy.