Altınkaya Metin, Altınkaya Naime, Hazar Burhan
Clinic of General Surgery, Çukurova Dr. Aşkım Tüfekçi State Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Clinic of Radiology, Başkent University Adana Research and Education Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Ulus Cerrahi Derg. 2015 Jul 6;32(1):71-4. doi: 10.5152/UCD.2015.2989. eCollection 2016.
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown origin that affects the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes in most patients. The coexistence of sarcoidosis and breast cancer has been reported. An unfortunate consequence of the presence of both entities in the same patient is the risk of misdiagnosis. We report the case of a 70-year-old female with T1N0 cancer of the right breast that was initially diagnosed as stage IV because of mediastinal positron-emission tomography -positive lymphadenopathy. Biopsy of a mediastinal lymph node allowed us to diagnose sarcoidosis and correctly stage her disease as stage I breast cancer.
结节病是一种病因不明的全身性肉芽肿性疾病，大多数患者的肺部和纵隔淋巴结会受到影响。已有结节病与乳腺癌共存的报道。同一患者同时存在这两种疾病的一个不幸后果是存在误诊风险。我们报告了一例70岁女性患者，其右乳T1N0期癌最初因纵隔正电子发射断层扫描显示淋巴结阳性而被诊断为IV期。纵隔淋巴结活检使我们得以诊断为结节病，并将她的疾病正确分期为I期乳腺癌。
