Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2016; 22(47): 10471-10476
Published online Dec 21, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i47.10471
Efficacy of additional treatment with azathioprine in a patient with prednisolone-dependent gastric sarcoidosis
Masaki Murata, Mitsushige Sugimoto, Yoshihiro Yokota, Hiromitsu Ban, Osamu Inatomi, Shigeki Bamba, Ryoji Kushima, Akira Andoh
Masaki Murata, Yoshihiro Yokota, Osamu Inatomi, Shigeki Bamba, Akira Andoh, Department of Gastroenterology, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital, Otsu 520-2192, Japan
Mitsushige Sugimoto, Hiromitsu Ban, Division of Digestive Endoscopy, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital, Otsu 520-2192, Japan
Ryoji Kushima, Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital, Otsu 520-2192, Japan
Author contributions: Murata M, Sugimoto M, Yokota Y, Ban H, Inatomi O, Bamba S, Kushima R and Andoh A collected and analyzed the patient’s clinical data and wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: Approval for this case report was not given in advance by the Institutional Review Board of Shiga University of Medical Science.
Informed consent statement: A patient of this case provided informed written consent prior to treatment.
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Correspondence to: Mitsushige Sugimoto, MD, PhD, Division of Digestive Endoscopy, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan. sugimo@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
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Received: July 26, 2016
Peer-review started: July 28, 2016
First decision: October 11, 2016
Revised: October 17, 2016
Accepted: October 27, 2016
Article in press: October 27, 2016
Published online: December 21, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: Gastric sarcoidosis is often difficult to detect because of the relative lack of symptoms. Although the abdominal symptoms and endoscopic findings improve in most gastric sarcoidosis cases after corticosteroids, additional therapy, azathioprine, may be required to improve symptoms and to decrease the dosage of prednisolone.