Sarcoidosis presenting as metastatic lymphadenopathy in breast cancer
| Autor: | Stephen Chiang, Mary R. Schwartz, Mani Akhtari, Bin S. Teh, Jorge R. Quesada |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Lung Diseases
Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Sarcoidosis medicine.medical_treatment Breast Neoplasms Malignancy Multimodal Imaging Diagnosis Differential Breast cancer medicine Adjuvant therapy Humans Lymphatic Diseases PET-CT business.industry Carcinoma Ductal Breast Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Supraclavicular lymph nodes Radiation therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Lymphatic Metastasis Positron-Emission Tomography Female Radiology business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Clinical breast cancer. 14(5) |
| ISSN: | 1938-0666 |
| Popis: | Sarcoidosis is a systemic, granulomatous disorder that affects the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes in most patients. Areas affected by sarcoidosis can exhibit F-fluoro2-deoxy-D-glucose avidity on positron emission tomography (PET). We report the case of a 47-year-old woman with T2N0 cancer of the right breast who was initially diagnosed as stage IV because of multiple areas of mediastinal and supraclavicular PET-positive lymphadenopathy. Biopsy of a supraclavicular lymph node showed noncaseating granulomas, consistent with sarcoidosis, leading to appropriate treatment for her stage IIA disease. The imaging characteristics of sarcoidosis and its possible implications in staging and diagnosis of malignancy, more specifically in breast cancer patients, are discussed herein. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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