Sarcoidosis misdiagnosed as malignant tumors: a case report

BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is a rare condition that is often misdiagnosed as malignant tumors due to the similar clinical manifestations and imaging findings. CASE PRESENTATION: We encountered a 56-year-old Chinese woman who had a chief complaint of a persistent cough. The chest computer tomography (CT...

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Autores principales: Li, Zuosheng, Li, Xin, Song, Zuoqing, Liu, Jinghao, Dong, Ming, Shi, Tao, Ren, Dian, Xu, Song, Chen, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26652015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-015-0748-6
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is a rare condition that is often misdiagnosed as malignant tumors due to the similar clinical manifestations and imaging findings. CASE PRESENTATION: We encountered a 56-year-old Chinese woman who had a chief complaint of a persistent cough. The chest computer tomography (CT) revealed mediastinal and bilateral hilar lymph node enlargement, and positron emission tomography-computer tomography (PET-CT) revealed abnormal fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the lymph nodes of the chest and abdomen. To further clarify the diagnosis, a lymph node sampling was performed by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and the histopathologic diagnosis of sarcoidosis was confirmed. CONCLUSIONS: VATS could be an effective and minimally invasive diagnostic method to discriminate pulmonary sarcoidosis with other malignant tumors.

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