Sarcoidosis of the liver, complicated by bleeding oesophageal varices
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Sarcoidosis of the liver, complicated by bleeding oesophageal varices
Abstract
Case report of a 57-year-old woman with pulmonary and hepatic sarcoidosis. As a rare complication, portal hypertension developed and first became manifest as bleeding from oesophageal varices. A portocaval shunt was successfully performed and the patient remained in stable condition after a follow-up of two years.
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