Small cell carcinoma of the lung presenting as bilateral hilar adenopathy.
A patient in whom a presumptive diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made on the basis of nonspecific symptoms and BHA on chest roentgenogram is described. At necropsy the BHA was found to be due to a metastatic small cell undifferentiated carcinoma of the lung. This tumor is a previously unrecognized cause of BHA.
D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis