A Case of Thyroid Cancer Combined with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis.
- Author:
Su Jin KIM
1
;
Tae Kyung LIM
;
Changhwan KIM
;
Yong Il HWANG
;
Sunghoon PARK
;
Seung Hun JANG
;
Kwangseon MIN
;
In Jae LEE
;
Hee Sung HWANG
;
Jae Woong LEE
;
Dong Gyu KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Sarcoidosis; Thyroid cancer
- MeSH: Adult; Biopsy; Carcinoma, Papillary; Cough; Granuloma; Humans; Lung; Lymph Nodes; Lymphatic System; Outpatients; Sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary; Thorax; Thyroid Gland; Thyroid Neoplasms
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2008;65(1):52-56
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease that primarily affects the lung and lymphatic system of the body. Since Brincker first noted a statistically significant increase of malignant tumors among sarcoidosis patients, there have been several reports on simultaneously developed sarcoidosis and malignancy. A 30-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of multiple enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. The patient had been well until approximately 10 days before admission, when he developed a cough. Chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) of the chest that were performed at the outpatient department revealed multiple enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. Cervical lymph node biopsy revealed both non-caseating granuloma and metastatic papillary carcinoma, whereas the mediastinal lymph node showed only non-caseating granuloma. The thyroid gland surgical specimen showed papillary carcinoma. We report here on a case of a 30-year-old man who had sarcoidosis and thyroid cancer, and we include a review of the literature.
