title: [Coexistence of sarcoidosis with seminoma--a case report].
abstract: A 30-year-old patient, with diagnosis of seminoma (T1 Nx Mx) was treated radically with orchidectomy. In chest CT performed  postoperatively numerous diffuse nodules were revealed in both lungs. Lesions were situated particularly in the upper  and middle pulmonary zones. In order to verify the nature of pulmonary abnormalities videothoracoscopy of the right pleural  cavity was performed with specimen collection. Histopathological examination excluded the possibility of cancer metastases  to pulmonary parenchyma and revealed the presence of sarcoid-like granulomas.  Coexistence of seminoma and diffuse sarcoid-like abnormalities is only sporadically described. Up till now it has not been  unequivocally explained whether the pulmonary abnormalities develop in the course of idiopathic sarcoidosis or only reflect  a sarcoid-like reaction to cancer antigens.
authors: Klinika Alergologii i Pneumonologii Gdańskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego Kierownik, ul. Dębinki 7, Gdańsk. kitoos@o2.pl
authors: Karolina
authors: K
authors: Kita-Milczarska
authors: Lucyna
authors: L
authors: Górska
authors: Krzysztof
authors: K
authors: Kuziemski
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Sejda
authors: Ewa
authors: E
authors: Jassem
authors: Wojciech
authors: W
authors: Biernat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018239:Seminoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery