A surgical cure for sarcoidosis. Fact of fancy : case report

Extracted from text ... CASE REPORT The South African Gastroenterology Review - March 2005 14 A Surgical Cure for Sarcoidosis. Fact of Fancy portal area and the retroperitoneum. Occasionally the spleen and liver may show multiple hypodensity without pulmonary involvement. This women had no abnormality on the chest radiograph with nodular disease in the spleen but not of the liver on imaging. Correspondence: Prof S Thomson email: thomson@ukzn.ac.za A 47 year old female presented with 3 month history of upper abdominal pain. She had no cardiovascular or respiratory symptoms. Endoscopy revealed a diffuse gastritis with erosions treated by eradication therapy. Two months later ..