title: A case of capecitabine-induced sarcoidosis.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease involving multiple-organs with an unknown cause. The new onset of sarcoidosis associated with therapeutic agents has been observed in 3 clinical settings; tumor necrosis factor antagonists in autoimmune rheumatologic diseases, interferon alpha with or without ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C or melanoma, and antineoplastic agent-associated sarcoidosis in patients with hematologic malignancies. Here, we report a female patient who developed sarcoidosis after capecitabine treatment as an adjuvant chemotherapy for sigmoid colon cancer. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a capecitabine-induced sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Center for Lung Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea. ; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Shin Myung
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Ji Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hwangbo
authors.forename: Hyae-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Geon-Kook
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hee Seok
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee