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Sarcoidosis mimicking metastatic breast cancer - a case report and literature review

ABSTRACT This report contains a rare case of a patient diagnosed with breast cancer and sarcoidosis concomitantly. During breast cancer treatment, routine imaging tests were performed and showed hypermetabolic thoracic and abdominal lymph nodes suggestive of neoplasia that insinuated breast cancer progression. Diagnostic investigation was carried out and an excisional...
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Sarcoidosis mimicking breast cancer: a staging challenge

ABSTRACT Sarcoidosis is often an asymptomatic condition. Most patient are unaware of their diagnostic. It has specific pathological characteristics at microscopic evaluation; however, in imaging tests it can mimic other conditions. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Staging breast cancer patients with sarcoidosis can be challenging as...