Chronic pancreatitis: a complication of sarcoidosis?

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1996 Nov;8(11):1125-7. doi: 10.1097/00042737-199611000-00018.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal localizations of sarcoidosis are rare. A total of 14 cases of pancreatic involvement in sarcoidosis has been reported previously. We report here a case of late onset idiopathic chronic pancreatitis diagnosed at the same time as sarcoidosis with liver, colonic, renal, mediastinal and neurologic involvement in a 56-year-old man. This case further suggests a possible relationship between idiopathic chronic pancreatitis and multisystem diseases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age of Onset
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatitis / complications*
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis
  • Pancreatitis / immunology
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
  • Sarcoidosis / immunology