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Peritoneal sarcoidosis

An unrecognized cause of sclerosing peritonitis

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In a Caucasian woman with a history of ocular and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the occurrence of sclerosing peritonitis with exudative ascites but without any of the well-known causes of this syndrome prompts us to consider that sclerosing peritonitis is a manifestation of sarcoidosis. The dramatic improvement that occurred on corticosteroid therapy adds credibility to this previously unreported association.

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  1. Service de Gastroentérologie et de Nutrition, INSERM U290, Hôpital Saint Lazare, 107 bis rue du Fg Saint Denis, 75010, Paris, France

    Yann Ngô MD,  Bernard Messing MD, Philippe Marteau MD, Olivier Nouël MD, Alain Pasquiou MD, Anne Lavergne MD & Jean Claude Rambaud MD

  2. Service de Gastroentérologie et d'Anatomopathologie, Hôpital de Saint Brieuc, BP 67, 22023, France

    Yann Ngô MD,  Bernard Messing MD, Philippe Marteau MD, Olivier Nouël MD, Alain Pasquiou MD, Anne Lavergne MD & Jean Claude Rambaud MD

  3. Service d'Anatomopathologie et de Cytopathologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue A. Paré, 75010, Paris, France

    Yann Ngô MD,  Bernard Messing MD, Philippe Marteau MD, Olivier Nouël MD, Alain Pasquiou MD, Anne Lavergne MD & Jean Claude Rambaud MD

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Ngô, Y., Messing, B., Marteau, P. et al. Peritoneal sarcoidosis. Digest Dis Sci 37, 1776–1780 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01299875

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