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Case Reports
. 2016 Dec 7;3(4):e175.
doi: 10.14309/crj.2016.148. eCollection 2016 Aug.

Sarcoidosis Causing Mid-Esophageal Traction Diverticulum

Shady Guirguis  1 , Sulaiman Azeez  2 , Sarwat Amer  3
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Case Reports

Sarcoidosis Causing Mid-Esophageal Traction Diverticulum

Shady Guirguis et al. ACG Case Rep J. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Skin biopsy showing isolated and confluent granulomas associated with mixed inflammation. Giant cell formation is rare, but fused histiocytes are present.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Lung biopsy showing dense fibrosis encasing hard granulomata composed of epithelioid histiocytes.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Esophagram in (A) anteroposterior and (B) lateral view showing mid-esophageal diverticulum.
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