Extrapulmonary sarcoidosis of liver and pancreas: A case report and review of literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2504-2509

  Harder, Hermann ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^b   Fröhlich, Boris ^b   Ströbel, Philipp ^a   Bergmann, Frank ^b   Neff, Wolfgang ^a   Singer, Manfred V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary; Liver; Pancreas; Sarcoidosis; Systemic

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ERYTHROMYCIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEBEVERINE; PREDNISONE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; GERMANY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; INTESTINE RESECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; STOMATITIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 34250681351     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i17.2504     Document Type: Article

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