Case Report: Peritoneal Sarcoidosis in an Unusual Location

Jorge Bernaciak; Juan Carlos Spina; Marisela Luisa Curros; Gustavo Maya; Julio Venditti; Carolina Chacon

doi:10.1055/s-2002-36523

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Table of Contents

Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 23(6): 597-600
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36523

Case Report: Peritoneal Sarcoidosis in an Unusual Location

Jorge Bernaciak¹ , Juan Carlos Spina² , Marisela Luisa Curros² , Gustavo Maya³ , Julio Venditti⁴ , Carolina Chacon²

¹Department of Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases, British Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
²Department of Radiology, British Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
³Department of Gynecology, British Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
⁴Department of Pathology, British Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

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.

KEYWORD

Extrathoracic sarcoidosis - peritoneal sarcoidosis - peritoneal cysts - peritoneal sarcoidosis versus peritoneal tuberculosis

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