title: Sarcoidosis incidentally diagnosed: a case report.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a chronic, granulomatous condition with unknown cause. Because most of the patients are free of clinical symptoms, sarcoidosis should be considered in differential diagnosis if noncaseous granuloma is noted in biopsies, performed for other reasons. With no clinical symptoms, our patient was diagnosed with sarcoidosis upon identifying noncaseous granuloma in the lymph node biopsy material collected during the laparoscopic operation, performed for gallbladder polyp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterohepatology, Medical Faculty Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Besir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kesici
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterohepatology, Medical Faculty Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Burak
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7541-4270
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Toros
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical Park Fatih Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bayraktar
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical Faculty Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dervisoglu
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