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
Authors: J H BRANSON, J H PARK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 January 1954SARCOIDOSIS—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 LITERATUREJOHN H. BRANSON, M.D., JAMES H. PARK, M.D.JOHN H. BRANSON, M.D., JAMES H. PARK, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-1-111 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONReports of sarcoidosis of the liver are infrequent in the literature, although within the past five years more attention has been given to this aspect of the disease, and since the time of the conception of this study several excellent treatises on the subject have appeared in the literature.A case of such extensive liver involvement as to be the direct cause of death was under the observation of the authors for the three years prior to death. 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