Cavitating pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder and protean pulmonary manifestations which may mimic a number of other diseases, occasionally leading to misdiagnosis and inappropriate management. We report a case of cavitating sarcoidosis which, although rate, is important in that it may be radiologically indistinguishable from tuberculosis.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis