PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT MIMICKING METASTATIC CANCER

Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology which can affect the lungs and lymph nodes, skin, eyes and other organs and, in rare cases, bones and bone marrow cells. We present a case of a 39-year-old male patient with an iliac bone involvement of sarcoidosis mimicking malignancy. Lymphoma and metas...

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Main Authors: Ece Şahinoğlu, Ahmet Hamdi Ilgazlı
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2022-01-01
Series:İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/5508CD08EACD428E9DB884B4F9BC7E30
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description Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology which can affect the lungs and lymph nodes, skin, eyes and other organs and, in rare cases, bones and bone marrow cells. We present a case of a 39-year-old male patient with an iliac bone involvement of sarcoidosis mimicking malignancy. Lymphoma and metastatic cancer proved a challenge to discard in differential diagnosis. He underwent multiple biopsies including tru-cut lung parenchyma and iliac bone biopsies. All of the biopsy specimens were reported as non-necrotising granulomatous inflammation. He underwent corticosteroid treatment. His response to the steroid treatment was insufficient so methotrexate was added to the corticosteroid therapy. Afterwards, clinical and radiological improvement was recorded. We aimed to highlight the utilization of taking new biopsies and histopathological re-evaluations in order to confirm the diagnosis and distinguish a benign disease from a malignant one.
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spelling doaj-art-1495d791d8e34dd99c13e51a470fcf822025-08-20T02:15:19ZengIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi1305-64412022-01-0185112512910.26650/IUITFD.853034123456PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT MIMICKING METASTATIC CANCEREce Şahinoğlu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-6433Ahmet Hamdi Ilgazlı1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9017-2014Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, TürkiyeKocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, TürkiyeSarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology which can affect the lungs and lymph nodes, skin, eyes and other organs and, in rare cases, bones and bone marrow cells. We present a case of a 39-year-old male patient with an iliac bone involvement of sarcoidosis mimicking malignancy. Lymphoma and metastatic cancer proved a challenge to discard in differential diagnosis. He underwent multiple biopsies including tru-cut lung parenchyma and iliac bone biopsies. All of the biopsy specimens were reported as non-necrotising granulomatous inflammation. He underwent corticosteroid treatment. His response to the steroid treatment was insufficient so methotrexate was added to the corticosteroid therapy. Afterwards, clinical and radiological improvement was recorded. We aimed to highlight the utilization of taking new biopsies and histopathological re-evaluations in order to confirm the diagnosis and distinguish a benign disease from a malignant one.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/5508CD08EACD428E9DB884B4F9BC7E30sarcoidosisdifferential diagnosismalignancy
spellingShingle Ece Şahinoğlu
Ahmet Hamdi Ilgazlı
PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT MIMICKING METASTATIC CANCER
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
sarcoidosis
differential diagnosis
malignancy
title PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT MIMICKING METASTATIC CANCER
title_full PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT MIMICKING METASTATIC CANCER
title_fullStr PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT MIMICKING METASTATIC CANCER
title_full_unstemmed PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT MIMICKING METASTATIC CANCER
title_short PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS WITH BONE INVOLVEMENT MIMICKING METASTATIC CANCER
title_sort pulmonary sarcoidosis with bone involvement mimicking metastatic cancer
topic sarcoidosis
differential diagnosis
malignancy
url https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/5508CD08EACD428E9DB884B4F9BC7E30
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