Rare association of hypoparathyroidism and sarcoidosis.

We report the case of a 52-year-old woman who presented hypoparathyroidism and sarcoidosis. The hypoparathyroidism developed 8 years after the diagnosis of sarcoidosis ; No element in favor of an autoimmune disease of the parathyroid could be evidenced. Pathology and immunology blood tests were equally noncontributiv e. Another pathophysiological mechanism, possibly sarcoidic granulomatous i nfiltration of the parathyroid glands, was suspected. The patient also presented apparently coincidental vitiligo.