Case Report
ARareCaseofSystemicSarcoidosisinaMiddle-AgedFemalewith
a Solitary Thyroid Nodule
Ayrton Bangolo ,
1
John Bukasa Kakamba ,
2,3
Ali Atoot,
4
Mohammad Jurri,
5
AshrafMahmoud,
5
ArthurOliverLo,
6
KunchangSong,
7
SyedSirajuddin,
4
andAdamAtoot
1
1
Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ, USA
2
Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders Department, University Clinics of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3
Department of Endocrinology, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
4
Department of Anesthesia, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA
5
Department of Family Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ, USA
6
University of the East Ramon Magsaysay, Quezon City, Philippines
7
Department of Pathology, Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ, USA
Correspondence should be addressed to Ayrton Bangolo; ayrtonbangolo@yahoo.com
Received 2 September 2021; Revised 22 November 2021; Accepted 9 December 2021; Published 21 December 2021
Academic Editor: Mihail A. Boyanov
Copyright © 2021 Ayrton Bangolo et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is
properly cited.
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of noncaseating granulomas. Sarcoidosis can
affect any organ of the body, the lung being the most affected. Sarcoidosis rarely affects the thyroid gland, and only a few cases of
thyroid-related sarcoidosis have been reported in the literature. Herein, we report a case of systemic sarcoidosis with multiple
organ involvement in a patient with a solitary left thyroid nodule and benign Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) findings. e patient
was eventually diagnosed with thyroid sarcoidosis using a core needle biopsy of the thyroid nodule. With this case report, we
highlight the limitations of the FNA. is case report has the objective to encourage clinicians to include thyroid sarcoidosis in the
differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules in patients with systemic sarcoidosis even with unremarkable FNA findings.
1. Introduction
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of
unknown etiology that affects individuals worldwide and is
characterized pathologically by the presence of noncaseating
granulomas in involved organs [1]. Up to 30 percent of
patients present with extrapulmonary sarcoidosis [2]. Ap-
proximately 8 percent of patients with sarcoidosis present
with disease at extrapulmonary sites without lung in-
volvement. In these patients, the skin is the most common
site and accounted for nearly half of the patients [3]. yroid
involvement results in diffuse goiter or solitary thyroid
nodule [4]. Most patients with thyroid involvement remain
euthyroid and only a few cases have been associated with
hypothyroidism [5]. We report the case of a middle-aged
female who presented for evaluation of hypercalcemia and
was found to have systemic sarcoidosis and a solitary left
thyroid nodule. e thyroid nodule was found to be un-
remarkable on Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), but sarcoid
infiltration of the gland was revealed on Core Needle Biopsy.
With this case report, we aim to encourage physicians to
include sarcoidosis in the differential diagnosis of thyroid
nodules even with normal FNA and recognize the limita-
tions of FNA.
2. Case Presentation
is is a 58-year-old female with a past medical history of
Diabetes Mellitus and asthma who presented for evaluation
of hypercalcemia. e patient was referred from the Primary
Care Physician’s office after routine blood work revealed
elevated calcium levels. Of note, the patient visited her
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Case Reports in Endocrinology
Volume 2021, Article ID 5231703, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5231703