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Gastric Sarcoidosis Presenting As Dyspepsia

The majority of cases of dyspepsia are functional, with a very rare cause of organic dyspepsia being gastric sarcoidosis. Although gastric sarcoidosis is the most common gastrointestinal manifestation of sarcoidosis, it is asymptomatic in >99% of cases. This is a case of a 48-year-old with known...

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Autores principales: Gala, Khushboo, Luckett, Robert T, Shah, Nihar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7105238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257684
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7139
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Sumario:The majority of cases of dyspepsia are functional, with a very rare cause of organic dyspepsia being gastric sarcoidosis. Although gastric sarcoidosis is the most common gastrointestinal manifestation of sarcoidosis, it is asymptomatic in >99% of cases. This is a case of a 48-year-old with known pulmonary sarcoidosis who was diagnosed with gastric sarcoidosis after presenting with dyspepsia.