- 68yo M
- HTN, T2DM, HLD, CKD,
- Gleason 3+4 prostate cancer (T3aN0M0= stage IIIB)
- Staging PET/CT
- upper lobe predominance
- fine interstitial thickening
- non avid enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes
- HRCT
- upper lobe predominant
- reticulonodular opacities with a possible centrilobular pattern
- right major fissure. Given that the ddx included infectious etiologies and sarcoidosis
- EBUS with TBNA, TBBx/EBBx
- non-caseating granulomas and a
- CD4/CD8 ratio of 7
- suggestive of sarcoidosis.
- No respiratory symptoms
- no clear evidence of extrapulmonary organ involvement
- CKD and nephrolithiasis
- stone analysis revealing 80% calcium oxalate.
- PFTs
- normal. Hydroxychloroquine could be considered for hypercalcuria or hypercalcemia.
- Path Final Diagnosis
- RIGHT UPPER LOBE, TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY:
- Bronchopulmonary parenchyma with non- necrotizing granuloma,
- Staging PET/CT