Author Age/Sex/ Race Abd pain Weight Loss Diarrhea Lung / Med Liver Spleen Areas affected Elevated SACE
Raven 1949 53/M/NA Present Present Present Absent Absent Absent Total colon NA
McFarlane 1955 53/M/W Present Absent Present Absent Absent Absent Cecum NA
Aaronson 1957 37/F/B Absent Absent Absent Present Absent Absent Sigmoid, descending colon NA
Gourevitch 1959 53/M/W Present Present Present Absent Absent Absent Sigmoid NA
Gould 1973 29/M/B Present Absent Absent Present Present Present Rectum NA
Mora 1980 32/M/B Present Present Present Absent Present Present Rectum NA
Konda 1980 31/M/B Present Present Absent Present Present Present Rectum, sigmoid NA
Kohn 1980 55/F/B Absent Present Absent Present Present Absent Sigmoid NA
Stephen 1981 36/F/NA Absent Absent Absent Present Absent Absent Total colon NA
Tobi 1982 60/F/NA Absent Absent Absent Present Present Present Rectum NA
Sprague 1984 60/F/W Absent Present Present Present Present Present Total colon Yes
Bulger 1988 48/M/W Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Total colon NA
Levine 1989 44/M/B Present Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Descending colon NA
Naschitz 1990 44/M/NA Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Sigmoid Yes
Zech 1993 34/F/B Absent Present Absent Present Present Absent Total colon Yes
Hilzenrat 1995 57/M/B Present Present Absent Absent Absent Present Rectum, sigmoid, transverse colon NA
Author Age/Sex/ Race Abd pain Weight Loss Diarrhea Lung / Med Liver Spleen Areas affected Elevated SACE
Dumot 1998 46/F/NA Present Present Present Present Absent Absent Sigmoid Yes
Beniwal 2002 58/F/B Present Absent Present Inactive Absent Present Rectum, sigmoid Yes
Veitch 2004 47/M/WI Absent Absent Absent Present Absent Absent Total colon No
Sorrentino 2004 55/F/W Present Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Cecum Yes
Shigemitsu 2007 58/F/W Present Present Present Absent Absent Absent Sigmoid Yes
Beniwal 2008 58/F/B Present Absent Present Present Absent Absent Rectum and Descending colon Yes
Total (n=22) Mean Age=47.1years M:F=1:1
B=9 W=6 NA=5 WI=1
66.7% 47.6% 47.6% 57.1% 42.9% 33.3% Sigmoid:71.4% Rectum:57.1% Cecum:38.1% Total colon:28.6% 87.5%
M=Male, F=Female, AA=African American, W=White, NA=Not Assessed, WI=West Indian, Abd=Abdomen, Med=Mediastinum, SACE=Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme.
Table 1: Summary of case reports on colon sarcoidosis.