Concurrent presentations of the sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and lymphoma in a single patient.
A 56-year-old female patient, developing ALK-negative anaplastic T cell lymphoma 7 years after the diagnosis of sarcoidosis with clinical and histopathological features of tuberculosis has been presented. We herein present concurrent occurrence of the sarcoidosis, lymphoma and tuberculosis along with the confusing findings during the investigation for the establishing the diagnosis and management that represented a great challenge.
Tufan
Abdurrahman
A
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey. dratufan@hotmail.com
Ranci
Ortenca
O
Sungur
Arzu
A
Topeli
Arzu
A
Haznedaroglu
Ibrahim
I
Cöplü
Lutfi
L
D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology