A case report of atypical sarcoidosis misdiagnosed as tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is one of the common chronic infectious diseases of respiratory system in China, and presents high morbidity, high drug resistance and the specific imaging characteristics. This paper focused on a case report of atypical sarcoidosis which was misdiagnosed as tuberculosis before operation. CT imaging was discussed by contrast with clinical manifestations, aiming to survey the imaging differences between atypical sarcoidosis and tuberculosis and improve the clinical differential diagnosis.