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Favourable prognosis following variceal haemorrhage complicating hepatic sarcoidosis
1Department of Gastroenterology, Countess of Chester Hospital, UK.
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
|February 1, 1995
Objective:
To report the case of a patient with bleeding oesophageal varices due to portal hypertension complicating hepatic sarcoidosis.
Patient:
A 43-year-old man.
Methods:
Six subsequent bleeds over 12 years were treated with sclerotherapy.
Results:
Following sclerotherapy the patient has remained asymptomatic.
Conclusion:
Portal hypertension due to sarcoid liver disease can have a favourable prognosis and early referral for port-systemic shunting may be inadvisable.