Liver involvement in familial granulomatous arthritis (Blau syndrome)

J Rheumatol. 1996 Feb;23(2):396-9.

Abstract

We describe hepatic granulomata in a patient with familial granulomatous synovitis (Blau syndrome). While visceral involvement is a previously unrecognized manifestation of Blau syndrome, its occurrence has been well documented in a similar disease, childhood sarcoidosis. Our findings suggest that the 2 conditions (Blau syndrome and childhood sarcoidosis) are more closely related than thought.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arthritis / complications*
  • Arthritis / genetics
  • Child, Preschool
  • Contracture / complications
  • Female
  • Fingers
  • Genes, Dominant
  • Granuloma / complications*
  • Granuloma / genetics
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Diseases / complications*
  • Liver Diseases / pathology
  • Male
  • Syndrome
  • Synovial Membrane / pathology