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G C Soteropoulos

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Sarcoidosis of anterior mediastinal nodes, pancreas, and uterine cervix: three unusual sites in the same patient.

Sarcoidosis rarely involves anterior mediastinal nodes, pancreas, or uterine cervix. A 47-yr-old woman with sarcoidosis was found to have enlargement of the anterior mediastinal lymph nodes with "eggshell" calcifications on a lateral chest roentgenogram. This finding was confirmed by lateral tomography and thoracic computerized tomography. A review of 100 lateral chest roentgenograms of patients with documented sarcoidosis failed to reveal other examples of anterior mediastinal node enlargement. At laparotomy for total abdominal hysterectomy, a mass in the head of the pancreas and diffuse, nodular enlargement of this organ was found. A pathologic study of the pancreas and uterine endocervix demonstrated noncaseating granulomas. Sarcoidosis in these 3 unusual sites is discussed.

Female↗

Pectus excavatum deformities simulating mediastinal masses.

Three patients with various pectus excavatum deformities in whom radiographic findings suggested hilar and mediastinal masses are presented. Computed tomography of the chest yielded valuable diagnostic information and made it possible to exclude the existence of these masses. Compression deformity of the heart and great vessels by the pectus deformity is the most likely explanation for these findings.

Adult↗