Sarcoidosis is a frequent benign cause of lymphadenopathy in neoplastic patients

Background: The clinical and radiographic aspects of sarcoidosis and malignancy might mimic one another, making the distinction between the two difficult in some cases. Cancer and sarcoidosis have been associated in some case series from the literature but this association remains controversial. Objectives: A descriptive retrospective study has been conducted to evaluate the incidence of the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients followed-up for previous cancer and referred for hilar/mediastinal lymphadenopathies, with no pulmonary lesions. Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of all patients who wer…