Pulmonary Multiloculated 'Lotus Torus-like' Sarcoidosis Mimicking Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Pulmonary Multiloculated 'Lotus Torus-like' Sarcoidosis Mimicking Lung Adenocarcinoma. Intern Med. 2018 Sep 12;: Authors: Kanaji N, Nakashima N, Inoue T, Ibuki E, Murota M, Kadowaki N Abstract A 34-year-old Japanese woman exhibited a 35×25-mm solitary multiloculated mass shadow in the left lower lobe mimicking lung adenocarcinoma. On computed tomography, the mass resembled a lotus torus. A transbronchial lung biopsy and mediastinal lymph node biopsy led to the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. This lotus torus-like mass regressed spontaneously. This is the second reported case of pulmonary cavitary sarcoidosis with a 'lotus torus-like' appearance. We propose several findings regarding the lotus torus-like appearance by comparing the findings to those of lung adenocarcinoma. Knowledge of this unique sign may be helpful for the differential diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis from lung adenocarcinoma. PMID: 30210126 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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