- Most common in age range of 30-50 - AfroAmericans affected 3x more frequent then whites - Pulmonary complications most common cause of death - Symptoms include fatigue, fever and weight loss
Sarcoidosis:Abdominal Manifestations:
Liver
- Up to 94% of patients have liver involvement - Most patients are asymptomatic - Most common CT finding is hepatomegaly - Lesions may be solitaty but multiple is more common
Sarcoidosis:Abdominal Manifestations:
Liver
- 69% of patients in one study had cuncurrent splenic lesions. - Sarcoidosis is treated with steroid therapy
Sarcoidosis:Abdominal Manifestations:
Spleen
- Up to 59% of patients with sarcoidosis have splenic involvement - CT findings range from splenomegaly, to solitary nodules to multiple nodules
