Sarcoidosis Mimicking Disseminated Testicular Cancer

Abstract

Sarcoidosis rarely involves the genitourinary system or the spinal cord. This report describes a case of sarcoidosis with a scrotal mass, a mass compressing the spinal cord, and lesions in the liver and spleen. This case illustrates an uncommon manifestation of sarcoidosis, which may mimic disseminated testicular cancer.

Systemic sarcoidosis mimicking advanced testicular cancer

“…GUS can present with many testicular symptoms from acute pain to painless swelling;with or without constitutional symptoms. We describe the second case of GUS presenting in association with discrete liver and splenic lesions mimicking metastatic testicular cancer, however, our patient had known sarcoidosis and subsequently developed testicular swelling with new adenopathy 5 …”

Testikulärer Keimzelltumor und Sarkoidose

“…Lebensjahr aufweisen. Bislang sind insgesamt 66 derartige Fäl-le in der internationalen Literatur dokumentiert [6,7,8,9,10,11]. Es bestehen neben den differentialdiagnostischen Schwierigkeiten in der Bildgebung auch histopathologische Probleme, da zudem eine sarkoidähnliche Reaktion, die gegen Mikrometastasen des Keimzelltumors gerichtet sein kann, abgegrenzt werden muss.…”