https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1595

Pulmonary sarcoidosis presenting as hoarseness and mass lesion

Vol. 91 No. 1 (2021)
Submitted: September 3, 2020
Accepted: November 10, 2020
Published: January 25, 2021
Sarcoidosis, hoarseness, mass lesion
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Sonam Spalgais
Sosolrs@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7116-2486
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of New Delhi, India.
Tsewang Thinles
Department of Otolaryngology, ESI Hospital Rohini New Delhi, India.
Parul Mrigpuri
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of New Delhi, India.
Raj Kumar
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of New Delhi, India.

A 46-year male, ex-smoker presented with cough and hoarseness for 2-3 months. The CECT chest revealed a left upper lobe mass. BAL was negative for AFB, GeneXpert, and malignant cells. The bronchial biopsy showed granuloma with no caseation and infiltration of lymphoid cells. The ultrasound abdomen was normal. The patient was started on prednisolone 0.5 mg/kg. He improved clinic-radiologically. Ex-smoker, middle-aged man with hoarseness and mass lesion on CECT chest is highly suspicious of lung malignancy. Pulmonary sarcoidosis should be kept in the differential diagnosis of unexplained hoarseness and mass lesion as the disease has diverse presentations.

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Spalgais, Sonam, Tsewang Thinles, Parul Mrigpuri, and Raj Kumar. 2021. “Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Presenting As Hoarseness and Mass Lesion”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 91 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1595.

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