Diffuse lesions secondary to sarcoidosis mimicking widespread metastatic breast cancer: A case report

Heidi Vieira; Beth K Neilsen; Richard Sleightholm; Jordan Hankins; Alison Freifeld; Gerald Moore; Andrew Wahl; Michael J Baine

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3561

Diffuse lesions secondary to sarcoidosis mimicking widespread metastatic breast cancer: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Dec 1;9(1):477-481. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3561. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Heidi Vieira¹, Beth K Neilsen¹, Richard Sleightholm¹, Jordan Hankins², Alison Freifeld³, Gerald Moore³, Andrew Wahl¹, Michael J Baine¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE USA.
² Department of Radiology University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE USA.

Abstract

This case of sarcoidosis mimicking metastatic breast cancer serves as a reminder of the need to consider differential diagnoses even when the clinical scenario and imaging findings are highly suggestive of metastases.

Keywords: infectious diseases; oncology.

Publication types

Case Reports