Diffuse bone marrow sarcoid-like reaction associated with renal cell carcinoma - Abstract

Sarcoid-like reaction has been documented in association with several types of malignancy, including renal cell carcinoma.

We report the case of a 41-year-old man with nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma and concomitant non-caseating granulomas distributed diffusely throughout the bone marrow. The granulomas resolved after nephrectomy. As far as we know, this is the first reported case of a sarcoid-like reaction primarily involving the bone marrow in association with renal cell carcinoma.

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Madden TF1, Baccei SJ.   Are you the author?
Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.

Reference: Skeletal Radiol. 2014 Jul 24. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1007/s00256-014-1960-0


PubMed Abstract
PMID: 25052538

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