When sarcoidosis hits down: a case of prostatic sarcoidosis

Antonio Moretti; Giulia Bruzzi; Dario Andrisani; Filippo Gozzi; Matteo Costantini; Roberto Tonelli; Enrico  Clini; Stefania Cerri

doi:10.5826/mrm.2024.956

When sarcoidosis hits down: a case of prostatic sarcoidosis

Authors

Antonio Moretti Respiratory Diseases Unit and Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, University Hospital of Modena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4386-746X
Giulia Bruzzi Respiratory Diseases Unit and Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, University Hospital of Modena (Italy) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5702-0390
Dario Andrisani Respiratory Diseases Unit and Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, University Hospital of Modena (Italy)
Filippo Gozzi Respiratory Diseases Unit and Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, University Hospital of Modena (Italy)
Matteo Costantini Pathology Unit, University Hospital of Modena (Italy)
Roberto Tonelli Respiratory Diseases Unit and Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, University Hospital of Modena (Italy) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6202-0758
Enrico Clini Respiratory Diseases Unit and Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, University Hospital of Modena (Italy) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1515-5094
Stefania Cerri Respiratory Diseases Unit and Centre for Rare Lung Diseases, University Hospital of Modena (Italy) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4612-1580

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5826/mrm.2024.956

Keywords:

Sarcoidosis, prostate, urogenital involvement of sarcoidosis

Abstract

A 69-year-old North African male with established diagnosis of sarcoidosis underwent a stereotactic prostate biopsy with fusion technique. At the histological analysis, non-necrotizing micro-granulomas were highlighted in 2 samples, while the immunohistochemical staining resulted negative for CK903/p63/racemase. To the best of our knowledge, only 16 cases of prostatic sarcoidosis have been reported in literature. With this case report we describe an incidental diagnosis of prostatic involvement of sarcoidotic disease and briefly review and discuss the available literature on the topic.

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