title: Sarcoidosis imitating metastatic cervical cancer.
abstract: Sarcoidosis rarely coincides with gynecologic malignancy and thus, may be misdiagnosed as metastatic cancer. We present a 50-year-old patient who was initially treated for cervical carcinoma. She later presented with persistent coughing and mediastinal lymphadenopathy, suspicious for metastatic disease. Following final pathology, a diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made. Sarcoidosis is rarely associated with cervical carcinoma. However, the disease should be considered when metastatic pulmonary disease is suspected in order to avoid excessive or inappropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Oncology Associates, Hoag Cancer Center, Newport Beach, CA 92663, USA.
authors.forename: Bram H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rettenmaier
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Sheffer
authors.forename: Karence
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Birk
authors.forename: John V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Micha
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*