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Case Reports
. 1982 Dec;34(5):231-4.

Sarcoidosis of the liver, complicated by bleeding oesophageal varices

J M Heslinga, D J Ruiter, T J Goud, J Lens
  • PMID: 6984495
Case Reports

Sarcoidosis of the liver, complicated by bleeding oesophageal varices

J M Heslinga et al. Neth J Surg. 1982 Dec.

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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