title: [Sarcoidosis of the lung: clinical course and inflammatory activity].
abstract: On the whole, sarcoidosis of the lung has a good prognosis with the exception of a few cases where it takes a progressive course. In such instances it would be useful to enable a prognosis already at the time of diagnosis by means of clinical parameters or inflammation markers. We examined a number of cell-biological inflammation parameters in the serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of 72 patients in the x-ray stages I and II with and without Löfgren's syndrome (phenotyping of lymphocytes, interleukin-1 alpha, soluble interleukin-2 receptors [sIL-2R], interleukin-6, interleukin-8, platelet-derived growth factor, procollagen-3 peptide) and followed up these patients for one year by clinical parameters. It was found that markers of the active lymphocytic inflammation were mostly associated with spontaneous remission during the follow-up period. Hence, acute lymphocytic inflammation is a favourable prognostic sign and should not prompt premature treatment with cortisone.
authors.affiliation: Pneumologie an der Medizinischen Univ.-Klinik Würzburg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wirtz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000276:immunology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology*; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines
vernacular_title: Sarkoidose der Lunge: Klinischer Verlauf und entzündliche Aktivität.