title: Treatment of a solitary pulmonary sarcoidosis mass by CT-guided direct intralesional injection of corticosteroid.
abstract: A case is reported of 38-year-old woman with chest pain attributed to a left lung sarcoidosis mass. The mass failed to diminish and symptoms failed to resolve with systemic corticosteroid therapy. CT-guided direct intralesional transthoracic injection of dexamethasone resulted in resolution of the patient's symptoms and a dramatic reduction in the size of the mass within 2 months.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. judsonma@musc.edu
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Judson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uflacker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone