Juvenile sarcoidosis presenting as Crohn's disease.
A 12-year-old Turkish girl suffered from abdominal pain located in the right lower abdomen for 3 weeks. Ultrasound revealed palisade-like swelling of the mucosa in the ileum. Gastrointestinal biopsy showed incipient granulomas in the stomach and moderate fibrosis of the terminal ileum. Subsequently, bilateral hilar adenopathy and an abnormal level of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme were detected. The relevance of paediatric sarcoidosis mimicking Crohn's disease is discussed.
Brunner
Jürgen
J
Department of Paediatrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. juergen.brunner@uklibk.ac.at
Sergi
Consolato
C
Müller
Thomas
T
Gassner
Ingmar
I
Prüfer
Friederike
F
Zimmerhackl
Lothar Bernd
LB
D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000209:etiology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000097:blood; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A