Chronic cholestasis in hepatic sarcoidosis with clinical features resembling primary biliary cirrhosis. Report of two cases.
Two cases of sarcoidosis with predominantly hepatic involvement are reported, both with the gradual development of progressive jaundice and other clinical features of primary biliary cirrhosis without immunologic or morphologic evidence of that disease. The autopsy findings in one case are described.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology