Disseminated sarcoidosis presenting as granulomatous gastritis: A clinical review of the gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of sarcoidosis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 367-374

  Dulai, Parambir S ^a   Rothstein, Richard I ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; granuloma; granulomatous gastritis Helicobacter pylori; primary biliary cirrhosis; sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 84859910080     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318247106b     Document Type: Review

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