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Sarcoidosis
Disease characterized by the growth of collections of inflammatory cells (granulomas) in multiple organs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder that can affect multiple organs. The lungs are affected most often (in 9 out of 10 cases in the UK). It is a noncaseating restrictive lung diseasee.
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Sarcoidosis | |
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Other names | Sarcoïdosis, sarcoid, Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease[1] |
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Chest X-ray showing the typical nodularity of sarcoidosis, predominantly in the hila of the lungs. | |
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Medical specialty | Rheumatology, Immunology |
Symptoms | |
Usual onset | 20–50 years old More common in women[4] |
Duration | Few years to long term[2][5] |
Causes | Unknown[2] |
Risk factors | Family history[4] |
Diagnostic method | Based on symptoms and tissue biopsy[6] |
Differential diagnosis | Tuberculosis, lymphoma, infectious mononucleosis, pulmonary eosinophilia[7] |
Treatment | Ibuprofen, prednisone, methotrexate[8][9] |
Prognosis | Mortality 1–7%[5] |
Frequency | 1.9 million with interstitial lung disease (2015)[10] |
Deaths | 122,000 with interstitial lung disease (2015)[11] |
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The cause is not known. Corticosteroids such as prednisone are often used to treat sarcoidosis. In some cases, methotrexate may be also used. Antimalarial drugs have also been used.[12]
Sarcoidosis may involve the brain. If it does, it is called neurosarcoidosis. In some cases, pulmonary fibrosis is a complication of sarcoidosis.