Pancreatitis as the presenting symptom of abdominal sarcoidosis.
We present a 60-year-old woman with non-pulmonary sarcoidosis manifesting as acute pancreatitis, possibly due to hypercalcaemia. Pancreatitis in sarcoidosis is rare, particularly as a presenting symptom. This case demonstrates that sarcoidosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of pancreatitis with hypercalcaemia, even without pulmonary signs of sarcoidosis.
PMID: 29515009 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Netherlands Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Lucassen EA, Bootsma AH, Overbeek MJ Tags: Neth J Med Source Type: research