MASSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE IN A CASE OF BOECK'S SARCOID
Authors: E B BLUM, N MITCHELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Case Reports1 January 1952MASSIVE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE IN A CASE OF BOECK'S SARCOIDEDWARD B. BLUM, M.D., NATHAN MITCHELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWARD B. BLUM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, NATHAN MITCHELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-185 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHemorrhagic manifestations occurring during the course of Boeck's sarcoid are distinctly unusual. In a review of the literature we have been able to find only 10 cases in which hemorrhage has been a prominent sign or has actually been the cause of death. Rubin and Pinner1reported a series of 25 autopsies of sarcoidosis from the literature and added a case of their own. Of these 26 cases, two presented purpura as important clinical features. Berblinger is the author of case 9 in Pinner and Rubin's series. His case was that of a 25 year old man who was admitted...Bibliography1. RubinPinner EHM: Sarcoidosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 49: 146, 1944. Google Scholar2. Schwartz SO: The prognostic value of marrow eosinophiles in thrombocytopenic purpura, Am. J. M. Sc. 209: 579, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. NordlandYlvisakerLarsonReiff MRSPR: Pregnancy complicated by idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and sarcoid disease of the spleen: splenectomy and subsequent normal delivery, Minnesota Med. 29: 166, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Enzer N: Case report of generalized Boeck's sarcoidosis with thrombocytopenic purpura, Am. J. Path. 22: 63, 1946. Google Scholar5. DoanWright CACS: Further studies of the hypersplenic mechanism in human disease syndromes, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 32: 1399, 1947. Google Scholar6. RibaudoGilliganRottino CATJA: Purpura hemorrhagica associated with sarcoidosis, Arch. Int. Med. 83: 322, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. RickerClark WN: Sarcoidosis, a clinical pathological review of 300 cases including 22 autopsies, Am. J. Clin. Path. 19: 725, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. DameshekEstren WS: The spleen and hypersplenism, 1947, Grune and Stratton, Inc., New York. Google Scholar9. Nickerson DA: Boeck's sarcoid, Arch. Int. Med. 62: 285, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Reisner D: Boeck's sarcoid and systemic sarcoidosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 49: 289, 1944. Google Scholar11. LongcopePierson WTJW: Boeck's sarcoid (sarcoidosis), Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 60: 223, 1937. Google Scholar12. Longcope WT: Sarcoidosis or Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease: Frank Billings Lecture, J. A. M. A. 117: 1321 (Oct. 18) 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 15, 1950.From the Pathology Laboratories, Beth-El Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySarkoidoseHepatic sarcoidosis with portal hypertensionPortal Hypertension In Hepatic SarcoidosisTHE SYMPTOMS OF HYPERCALCEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH SARCOIDOSIS MASQUERADING AS PEPTIC ULCER*ANTHONY J. RICHTSMEIER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Portal hypertension and bleeding esophageal varices secondary to sarcoidosis of the liverFibrinolysis in Boeck's SarcoidGastrointestinal Hemorrhage (Excluding Peptic Ulcer and Esophageal Varices)SARCOIDOSIS—HEPATIC INVOLVEMENT: PRESENTATION OF A CASE WITH FATAL LIVER INVOLVEMENT, INCLUDING AUTOPSY FINDINGS AND REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE FOR SARCOID INVOLVEMENT OF THE LIVER AS FOUND IN THE LITERATURE*JOHN H. BRANSON, M.D., JAMES H. PARK, M.D. 1 January 1952Volume 36, Issue 1Page: 185-195KeywordsAutopsyGastrointestinal hemorrhageHemorrhageSarcoidosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...