In the submitted paper the authors present a brief theoretical account and characteristics of sarcoidosis focused on its manifestations in the locomotor apparatus, found in 10 - 14 % of the patients. The course of this very rare form of sarcoidosis of the locomotor apparatus is demonstrated on a 50-year-old female patient with severe sarcoid arthropathy of the wrist. They draw special attention to diagnostic problems in extrapulmonary forms of sarcoidosis. Key words: sarcoidosis, arthropathy of the wrist, extrapulmonary sarcoidosis.

Ortopedicko traumatologická klinika MFN a JLF UK Martin