Neoplasia in the etiology of sarcoidosis.

Eur J Intern Med · 2006

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Abstract

The nature of the relationship between sarcoidosis and neoplasia remains a vexed issue. This paper reviews the evidence that malignant neoplasms may incite a systemic granulomatous response virtually indistinguishable from sarcoidosis, and that this response favorably influences the course in some instances.