Ann Coloproctol.  2018 Apr;34(2):101-105. 10.3393/ac.2018.01.29.

Abdominal Sarcoidosis Mimicking Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

• Roh WS
• Lee S
• Park JH
• Kang J

• KMID: 2411569
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3393/ac.2018.01.29

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.

Keyword

Sarcoidosis; Carcinomatosis

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma*
Colorectal Neoplasms
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Peritoneum
Sarcoidosis*
Skin
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary