[Sarcoid febrile hepatic granulomatosis. Description of a case associated with initial liver cirrhosis]

A case of febrile hepatic granulomatosis was examined and the many aetiologies to be considered in the differential diagnosis of the condition evaluated. This is not a separate disease but a specific histological peculiarity of the liver. The case in question was diagnosed as hepatic granulomatosis originating in sarcoidosis. This diagnosis requires, it is though, the presence of characteristic granulomas in the liver biopsy sample but more important in the Kweim reaction or preferably in more specific tissue biopsies (spleen, lymph nodes, mesentery). In the present case the histologically revealed initial cirrhosis may be purely concomitant though certain authorities believe that sarcoidotic hepatic granulomas may develop into cirrhosis.