Sarcoidosis. Current perspectives on diagnosis and treatment.
Sarcoidosis is a systemic noncaseous granulomatous disorder whose chief manifestation involves the lungs and intrathoracic lymph nodes in more than 90% of cases. New insights into pathogenesis and assessment of activity of the disease have been afforded by bronchoalveolar lavage, gallium citrate Ga 67 scanning, and measurement of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme. Current evidence favors early treatment with glucocorticoids to suppress the inflammatory element and thus prevent or minimize irreversible fibrosis.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D005938:Glucocorticoids