Systemic sarcoidosis revealed by Heerfordt's syndrome: A case report

Heerfordt's syndrome (or evaporated fever) is a rare clinical form of sarcoidosis (occurring in less than 5% of cases) combining uveitis, parotitis, fever, and facial nerve palsy. We report the case of a 46-year-old female patient in whom isolated peripheral facial palsy preceded the onset of pulmonary, cutaneous, and ophthalmological involvement by several months. The diagnosis of systemic sarcoidosis (radiological stage II) was confirmed by skin biopsy after the formal exclusion of tuberculosis. The patient’s condition improved favorably under corticosteroid therapy.