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Abstract
Rationale: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology that usually involves the lungs and hilar lymph nodes and rarely involves the digestive system other than the liver.
Patient concerns: A woman with no medical history presented with 2 pulmonary nodules and a pancreatic mass on chest computed tomography (CT) because of sputum production and shortness of breath.
Diagnoses: Ultrasound bronchoscopy and pathology showed pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Interventions: Oral prednisone acetate.
Outcomes: In the following year of follow-up, the pancreatic, lung and mediastinal lesions were significantly reduced.
Lessons: Corticosteroid therapy may therefore constitute a different kind of diagnosis.
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