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. 2024 Aug 23;17(9):1106. doi: 10.3390/ph17091106

Table A2.

Case reports describing symptoms, treatment, and outcomes for small bowel sarcoidosis.

Case Other Disorders Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Outcome
Paone G et al. [39] - Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, fever Abdominal X-ray, CT of abdomen and pelvis, Total body CT Laparotomy, Prednisone 25 mg/daily (slowly tapered) Complete response to therapy in 3 months
Pendela VS et al. [38] Kidney stones Acute right iliac fossa pain, vomiting, chronic low back pain Abdominal ultrasound, CT scan of the abdomen, MRI of the spine, 18 FDG PET, Bronchoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy Laparoscopic appendectomy: steroid 30 mg daily (slowly tapered), added mycophenolate mofetil after six months Pain resolved postoperatively, and decrease in the size of the vertebral lesions
Zakaria A et al. [37] Inactive pulmonary sarcoidosis Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation Abdominal X-ray, CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis, Gastrografin small-bowel follow-through, Diagnostic laparoscopy Conservative treatment (bowel rest, nasogastric tube, IV fluids) followed by prednisone taper dose Good response after corticosteroid therapy
Esmadi M et al. [36] Diabetes, previous Potus, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy, Liver biopsy Abdominal pain, severe peripheral arthralgias, chronic diarrhea X-ray and CT abdomen and pelvis, Abdominal ultrasound, Bone marrow biopsy, Colonoscopy Prednisone Improvement in his symptoms