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Abdominal Sarcoidosis Mimicking Peritoneal Carcinomatosis.

Won Seok RohSeungho LeeJi Hyun ParkJeong Hyun Kang
Published in: Annals of coloproctology (2018)
We present a patient diagnosed with skin sarcoidosis, breast cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, and peritoneal sarcoidosis with a past history of colorectal cancer. During stage work up for breast cancer, suspicious lesions on peritoneum were observed in imaging studies. Considering our patient's history and imaging findings, we initially suspected peritoneal carcinomatosis. However, the peritoneal lesion was diagnosed as sarcoidosis in laparoscopic biopsy. This case demonstrates that abdominal sarcoidosis might be considered as a differential diagnosis when there is a lesion suspected of being peritoneal carcinomatosis with nontypical clinical presentations.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • high resolution
  • case report
  • pulmonary embolism
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • mass spectrometry
  • fluorescence imaging
  • wound healing
  • case control