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ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2024

Diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis comorbid with non-specific interstitial pneumonia: a case report.

Rui Xu, Kaige Wang, Weimin Li, Dan Liu

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Article in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Rui Xu *Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Health, Center of Precision Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
Kaige Wang *Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Health, Center of Precision Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
Weimin LiDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Health, Center of Precision Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
Dan LiuDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Health, Center of Precision Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. liudan10965@wchscu.cn.

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the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82173182the Science and Technology Program of Sichuan 2023NSFSC1939
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Abstract

backgroundAlthough the imaging manifestations of pulmonary sarcoidosis have been described in detail in previous studies, a consensus has not been reached on the imaging presentation of non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) lookalike pattern as a distinct pattern in the diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis in high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). No cases of pulmonary sarcoidosis comorbid with NSIP have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 53-year-old male presented to the hospital with a five-year history of recurrent coughing up sputum and a four-year history of shortness of breath. In addition to the typical features of pulmonary sarcoidosis, the patient's HRCT also showed unexpected interstitial changes in the lower lobes of both lungs, suggesting an NSIP pattern. Histopathology of the lung tissue in this region confirmed well-formed noncaseating epithelioid granulomas and pathological modifications of NSIP. After a rigorous exclusion diagnosis combining the patient's clinical features, radiological and pathological findings, we diagnosed this patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis comorbid with NSIP.

conclusionsThis suggests that NSIP may act as a rare comorbidity of pulmonary sarcoidosis thereby resulting in the patient's HRCT presenting differently from routine sarcoidosis imaging.

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LungLung Diseases, InterstitialSarcoidosis, PulmonaryTomography, X-Ray ComputedHumansMaleMiddle AgedImaging presentationNon-specific interstitial pneumoniaPulmonary sarcoidosis

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