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- - Non-necrotizing granulomas may appear in some cancer patients, resembling sarcoidosis, which is a disease with granulomas that affect multiple organs and interfere with their function.
- - Sarcoidosis has a rare occurrence in cancer patients, with about 4.4% of those with carcinoma showing signs of this reaction.
- - The text presents a unique case of a female patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the alveolar mucosa, who also exhibited a sarcoid-like reaction in cervical lymph nodes without any signs of systemic sarcoidosis.
Article Abstract
Non-necrotizing granulomas are occasionally seen in patients with certain malignant disorders and are termed as "sarcoid-like reaction," which have many similarities with sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown etiology characterized by organ involvement and interference of organ function by granuloma or fibrosis. Sarcoidosis is occasionally found in a variety of malignant diseases with an overall incidence of 4.4% in carcinoma patients. We present here a rare case of moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of alveolar mucosa with regard to mandible associated with sarcoid-like reaction of cervical lymph nodes in a female patient in the absence of clinical evidence of systemic sarcoidosis. The relevant literature including pathogenesis is also discussed.
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