Sarcoidosis and renal cell carcinoma: a very rare association
Hela Jebali1,4, Meriam Khadhar2,3,4,
Ikram Mami1,4, Fethi Ben Hmida3,4 ,
Lamia Rais1,4 Lilia Ben
Fatma1,4Mohamed Karim Zouaghi1,4,Alya zhini5, slim haout5
1.Department of Nephrology La Rabta Hospital, Tunis – Tunisia.
2.1Department of Nephrology Mongi slim Hospital, Tunis – Tunisia.
3.Laboratory of Kidney Pathology (LR00SP01) Charles Nicolle Hospital.
Tunis - Tunisia
4.Faculty of Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
5. Department of pathological anatomy La Rabta Hospital, Tunis –
Tunisia.
Granulomatosis can be observed in cancer patients. Granulomatosis
reaction associated with tumor has been designated as sarcoid-like
reaction. On the other side, very few cases of association of systemic
sarcoidosis and neoplasia have been reported. Herein, we reported two
cases of sarcoidosis and renal cell carcinoma. In the first case,
carcinoma revealed sarcoidosis and in the second case, management of
renal sarcoidosis revealed a silent renal cell carcinoma. The two cases
highlight the relationship between sarcoidosis and renal cancer.
Keywords : granuloma, sarcoidosis, sarcoid-like reaction, renal
cell carcinoma