Abstract:INTRODUCTION:
Gastrointestinal involvement in sarcoidosis is quite rare, in which it either presents as systemic disease or as an isolated case. It can mimic other disease processes, including malignancy, gastritis, and peptic ulcer disease. We present a 28-year-old female who had weight loss, epigastric pain, and early satiety found to have symptomatic gastric sarcoidosis that rapidly improved with steroid treatment.
CASE DESCRIPTION/METHODS:
A 28-year… Show more
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