title: [Pseudotumoral forms of sarcoidosis].
abstract: We report 5 cases of sarcoidosis in 4 men and 1 woman who presented multinodular pulmonary lesions. Seldom described (1 to 4% of all cases of sarcoidosis), a multinodular pulmonary presentation is suggestive of metastatic disease. In our patients, the parenchymal opacities were multiple, peripheral and exhibited fuzzy limits, measuring 1 to 7 cm in size and frequently associated with mediastinal adenopathies. The radiographic pattern contrasted with the clinical manifestations (3 of the 5 cases were fortuitous discoveries). Pathological proof required to rule out other disease, especially tumor formation, was acquired; mediastinoscopy allowing the diagnosis in 3 out of 5 cases. The clinical course was favorable in all cases without treatment within 8 +/- 5 months and a mean follow-up of 5 years (range 9 months to 14 years).
authors: Service de Pneumologie, CHU de Rennes, rue Henri Le Guillou, 35033 Rennes.
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Marques
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Renaud
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Belleguic
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Meunier
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Delaval
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008481:Mediastinoscopy; D011379:Prognosis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology