Paone G et al. [39] |
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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 |