Favourable prognosis following variceal haemorrhage complicating hepatic sarcoidosis.

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.