Literature DB >> 16088655

Case report: peritoneal sarcoidosis in an unusual location.

Jorge Bernaciak1, Juan Carlos Spina, Marisela Luisa Curros, Gustavo Maya, Julio Venditti, Carolina Chacon.   

Abstract

A 48-year-old woman underwent surgery for a lesion seen on ultrasound and interpreted as a uterine myoma. The surgery revealed multiple nodules that had seeded on the omentum, peritoneum, and ovaries. The macroscopic interpretation was either metastasis or tuberculosis. The biopsy showed noncaseating granulomas, and a diagnosis of peritoneal sarcoidosis was reported. The AFB (acid fast bacillus) and Löwenstein-Jensen culture were negative. She was treated with methylprednisolone for 1 year for pulmonary sarcoidosis progression, with a resulting decrease in her DLCO (diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide). Computed tomography showed only a slight decrease in the multiple nodules and cysts. She is currently symptom-free.

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Year:  2002        PMID: 16088655     DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36523

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Semin Respir Crit Care Med        ISSN: 1069-3424            Impact factor:   3.119


  4 in total

Review 1.  Abdominal sarcoidosis: cross-sectional imaging findings.

Authors:  Naciye Sinem Gezer; Işıl Başara; Canan Altay; Mustafa Harman; Laurence Rocher; Nevzat Karabulut; Mustafa Seçil
Journal:  Diagn Interv Radiol       Date:  2015 Mar-Apr       Impact factor: 2.630

Review 2.  Clinical and radiological features of extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis: a pictorial essay.

Authors:  Stefano Palmucci; Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi; Daniele Carmelo Caltabiano; Silvia Puglisi; Viviana Lentini; Emanuele Grassedonio; Virginia Vindigni; Ester Reggio; Riccardo Giuliano; Giuseppe Micali; Rosario Caltabiano; Cosma Andreula; Pietro Valerio Foti; Giovanni Carlo Ettorre; Simon Lf Walsh; Carlo Vancheri
Journal:  Insights Imaging       Date:  2016-05-25

3.  Peritoneal sarcoidosis: A case report.

Authors:  Seung Wook Lee; Min Hee Lee; Ji Eun Lee; Seo Youn Choi; Boem Ha Yi; Jung Min Jung
Journal:  Medicine (Baltimore)       Date:  2019-06       Impact factor: 1.817

4.  Abdominal Sarcoidosis May Mimic Peritoneal Carcinomatosis.

Authors:  Umit Gorkem; Tayfun Gungor; Yılmaz Bas; Cihan Togrul
Journal:  Case Rep Obstet Gynecol       Date:  2015-10-08
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