Sarcoidosis with pleural involvement mimicking a coin lesion

Sarcoidosis. 1990 Mar;7(1):78-9.

Abstract

We present the case of a 37 year old non-smoking man with a tumour like infiltration of the left lung caused by sarcoidosis with pleural involvement not detectable at chest X-ray. The diagnosis was made at thoracotomy and confirmed by a Kveim test.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Pleura / diagnostic imaging
  • Pleura / pathology
  • Pleural Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Pleural Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Pleural Diseases / pathology
  • Radiography
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / diagnosis*
  • Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / diagnostic imaging