Abdominal Sarcoidosis Mimicking Peritoneal Carcinomatosis.
- Author:
Won Seok ROH
1
;
Seungho LEE
;
Ji Hyun PARK
;
Jeonghyun KANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Sarcoidosis; Carcinomatosis
- MeSH: Biopsy; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma*; Colorectal Neoplasms; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Peritoneum; Sarcoidosis*; Skin; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:Annals of Coloproctology 2018;34(2):101-105
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We present a patient diagnosed with skin sarcoidosis, breast cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, and peritoneal sarcoidosis with a past history of colorectal cancer. During stage work up for breast cancer, suspicious lesions on peritoneum were observed in imaging studies. Considering our patient's history and imaging findings, we initially suspected peritoneal carcinomatosis. However, the peritoneal lesion was diagnosed as sarcoidosis in laparoscopic biopsy. This case demonstrates that abdominal sarcoidosis might be considered as a differential diagnosis when there is a lesion suspected of being peritoneal carcinomatosis with nontypical clinical presentations.
