A Case of Thyroid Cancer Combined with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
; : 52-56, 2008.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-198679
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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.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Outpatients
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Sarcoidosis
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Thorax
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Thyroid Gland
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Biopsy
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Papillary
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Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
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Cough
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Granuloma
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article