Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Hepatic Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory process of unknown etiology, characterized by noncaseating granulomas. Isolated extrapulmonary disease is rare. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman with chronically elevated alkaline phosphatase. Upon obtaining a liver biopsy, granulomatous hepatitis was observed,...
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| description | Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory process of unknown etiology, characterized by noncaseating granulomas. Isolated extrapulmonary disease is rare. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman with chronically elevated alkaline phosphatase. Upon obtaining a liver biopsy, granulomatous hepatitis was observed, suggestive of sarcoidosis. No particular treatment was initiated, and 3 years following the onset of elevated alkaline phosphatase, her levels decreased spontaneously. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c825229aab0747dc9f78c3dd111b7c582025-02-03T05:47:09ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362018-01-01201810.1155/2018/15350491535049Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Hepatic SarcoidosisViva Nguyen0Henry N. Ngo1Hamza H. Awad2Mercer University School of Medicine, Columbus, GA, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Francis Columbus Clinic, Columbus, GA, USADepartment of Community Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USASarcoidosis is an inflammatory process of unknown etiology, characterized by noncaseating granulomas. Isolated extrapulmonary disease is rare. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman with chronically elevated alkaline phosphatase. Upon obtaining a liver biopsy, granulomatous hepatitis was observed, suggestive of sarcoidosis. No particular treatment was initiated, and 3 years following the onset of elevated alkaline phosphatase, her levels decreased spontaneously.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1535049 |
| spellingShingle | Viva Nguyen Henry N. Ngo Hamza H. Awad Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Hepatic Sarcoidosis Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Hepatic Sarcoidosis |
| title_full | Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Hepatic Sarcoidosis |
| title_fullStr | Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Hepatic Sarcoidosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Hepatic Sarcoidosis |
| title_short | Spontaneous Resolution of Symptomatic Hepatic Sarcoidosis |
| title_sort | spontaneous resolution of symptomatic hepatic sarcoidosis |
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