title: A surprising cause of acute right upper quadrant pain.
abstract: A 42 year-old African-American woman was admitted for severe acute right upper quadrant pain. Her liver function tests showed a cholestatic pattern of hepatitis. She had no known history of liver disease or sarcoidosis. Imaging of her liver and biliary tree did not reveal any apparent cause for her right upper quadrant pain. A liver biopsy was performed which showed granulomatous disease. This prompted a CT chest that showed mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Biopsy of the mediastinal lymphnode revealed non-caseating granulomas. Despite having no pulmonary symptoms or history of pulmonary sarcoidosis, she was diagnosed with systemic pulmonary sarcoidosis. She was treated with corticosteroids and had complete resolution of symptoms over the next several weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
authors.forename: Rodger Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Stitt
authors.affiliation: Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.affiliation: Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laczek
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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