Table 1.
Reported cases of primary pancreatic sarcoidosis in the English language literature
| Year | AuthorReference | Patient age | Patient sex | Presenting symptom | Diagnostic/therapeutic procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Curran4 | 48 | F | Abdominal pain, fatigue | Open biopsy |
| 1954 | Ryrie5 | 52 | F | Anorexia, jaundice | Open biopsy, cholecystoduodenostomy |
| 1972 | Chaun6 | 52 | M | Abdominal pain, fever, weight loss | Open biopsy |
| 1978 | Caldwell7 | 37 | M | Pruritus | Open biopsy, cholecystoduodenostomy |
| 1981 | Maher8 | 59 | M | Abdominal pain, weight loss, anorexia, nausea | Open biopsy, cholecystoduodenostomy |
| 1988 | Sagalow9 | 25 | F | Abdominal pain | Open biopsy |
| 1993 | Brady10 | 67 | F | Abdominal pain, nausea, anorexia | Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy |
| 1994 | Soyer11 | 51 | F | Abdominal pain, nausea, anorexia | Choledochojejunostomy and gastrojejunostomy |
| 1994 | Toda12 | 66 | M | Back pain, pruritus | Open biopsy |
| 1996 | Rodriguez13 | 41 | F | Abdominal pain | Open biopsy |
| 1997 | Bonhomme14 | 76 | M | Fatigue, weight loss, post-prandial pain | Open biopsy |
| 1999 | Siavelis15 | 61 | M | Weight loss, jaundice | Proximal subtotal Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy |
| 2000 | Bacal16 | 54 | M | Jaundice | Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy |
| 2001 | Frank17 | 76 | M | Abdominal pain | Excision via duodenotomy |
| 2001 | Frank17 | 40 | F | Abdominal pain, jaundice | Pylorus-preserving Whipple's procedure with portal vein reconstruction |
| 2004 | Baroni18 | 42 | F | Abdominal pain, weight loss, fever | Open biopsy |
| 2004 | Peyre19 | 57 | F | Pruritus, jaundice, weight loss | Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy |
| 2004 | Romboli20 | 62 | M | Malaise, abdominal swelling, fever | Endoscopic ultrasound with biopsy |
| 2005 | Wijkstrom21 | 49 | F | Abdominal pain, pruritus, anorexia | Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy |
| 2006 | Okoro22 | 49 | F | Incidental finding on CT | Open biopsy |
| 2006 | Caceres23 | 60 | M | Jaundice, abdominal pain and weight loss | pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy and cholecystectomy |
| 2007 | Shukla24 | 54 | M | Lethargy, weight loss, abnormal liver function tests | CT-guided biopsy |
| 2008 | Wellner25 | 68 | F | Abdominal pain, vomiting and dyspnoea | Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy |
| 2011 | Schauer26 | 29 | M | Abdominal pain and jaundice | Subtotal Whipple's procedure |
| 2012 | Kersting27 | 68 | M | Not documented | Not documented |
| 2013 | Our case | 52 | M | Jaundice, back pain, weight loss | Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy |