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ArticleCureus2025

Sarcoidosis With Isolated Osseous Manifestations Mimicking Metastatic Malignancy.

Ahmed Ismail, Ahmed Saleh, Yanis Boumber

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Ahmed IsmailSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
Ahmed SalehDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
Yanis BoumberSection of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that commonly involves multiple organ systems, with the lungs and lymph nodes most frequently affected. Osseous involvement, although recognized, is considered uncommon and often overlooked due to its nonspecific clinical and radiographic features. Patients may be asymptomatic or present with pain, swelling, and functional limitations of the affected limb. Imaging can reveal findings such as bone lesions that mimic malignancy, including lytic or sclerotic changes. Diagnosis relies on histopathological confirmation of non-caseating granulomas. Treatment is directed at symptom relief and preservation of limb function. Here, we present a rare case of isolated osseous sarcoidosis in a 38-year-old African American female that mimicked metastatic malignancy on imaging and responded dramatically to steroids.

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extrapulmonaryimaging studiesmetastatic malignancynon-caseating granulomaosseous sarcoidosis

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PMCPMC12723435

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