Disseminated sarcoidosis: pulmonary, endobronchial and gastric

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous idiopathic systemic disease. Although the pulmonary involvement is the most common form of the disease, sarcoidosis can affect the airways, determining mucosal nodularity and even bronchostenosis. Gastrointestinal involvement is very rare and it is primarily manifested as gastric sarcoidosis. The diagnosis is based on symptoms, radiological findings and histopathological examination of tissue biopsies. In this work, we describe a case of pulmonary, endobronchial and gastric sarcoidosis in the same patient and discuss the approach to this rare presentation of the disease