A careful medical history can provide important clues to the diagnosis of a neck mass.1 The patient's age and the size and duration of the mass are the most significant predictors of neoplasia.1 The patient's age is most important, because the risk of malignancy becomes greater with increasing age.2
Shortness of breath is a common symptom. Some patients have troublesome dry cough and others may have pain in the chest. Tiredness, lethargy, listlessness and joint pains are common. Sarcoidosis may also cause fever and weight loss.
What is sarcoidosis? Sarcoidosis causes inflammation, usually in your lungs, skin or lymph nodes. Starting as tiny, grain-like lumps called granulomas, sarcoidosis can affect any organ in your body. No one knows what causes sarcoidosis.