Sarcoidosis with pleural involvement mimicking a coin lesion.
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.
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Department of Thoracic Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging