Gastrointestinal sarcoidosis resembling Crohn's disease

Am J Gastroenterol. 1988 Dec;83(12):1415-7.

Abstract

We describe a patient with disseminated sarcoidosis, who had granulomatous enterocolitis with radiological narrowing of the terminal ileum, and was presumed to have Crohn's disease. At autopsy, there were numerous sarcoid-like granulomata throughout the mucosa of the large and small bowel, but no transmural inflammation, lymphoid aggregates, or strictures, thus making Crohn's disease unlikely. It is proposed that a granulomatous enterocolitis resembling Crohn's disease can be a manifestation of disseminated sarcoidosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Crohn Disease / diagnosis*
  • Crohn Disease / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enterocolitis / diagnosis*
  • Enterocolitis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Ileitis / diagnosis
  • Ileitis / pathology
  • Intestinal Mucosa / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology