title: Gastrointestinal sarcoidosis resembling Crohn's disease.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bulger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Riordan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purdy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lennon
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology