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Imaging Pearls ❯ Spleen ❯ Sarcoidosis

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  • Sarcoidosis: Facts:

    - 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

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