Sarcoidosis with hepatic involvement in a 60-year-old patient

J Radiol Case Rep. 2022 Mar 1;16(3):23-32. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v16i3.4191. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Hepatic involvement of sarcoidosis is usually hard to detect on radiological imaging. We present a case of a 60-year-old female with symptoms of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Subsequent imaging work-up showed diffuse hepatic granulomas consistent with abdominal involvement of sarcoidosis. A literature review regarding hepatic sarcoidosis is provided and radiological appearances as well as considerations for differential diagnosis are described.

Keywords: Abdominal sarcoidosis; Computed tomography; Hepatic granulomas; Hepatic sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Sarcoidosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoidosis* / drug therapy
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary* / complications
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary* / diagnostic imaging