CASE STUDY:
23-Year-Old African American Female With Shortness of Breath and Cough for 3 to 4 Months

CLINICAL INFORMATION

PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS

IMAGING

Radiology: Chest radiograph (Figure 1) shows multiple, large lung masses. CT (Figure 2) shows the masses to have poorly marginated edges. Small nodules, a few mm in diameter, are seen adjacent to several of the masses.

Figure 1. Chest radiograph shows multiple, large lung masses that resemble nodular metastases.

Figure 2. CT shows the masses have poorly marginated edges. Small nodules, a few mm in diameter, are seen adjacent to several of the masses in the left lower lobe. The small nodules are termed "satellite nodules." In sarcoidosis, satellite nodules commonly appear adjacent to larger masses.