title: Sarcoidosis associated with connective tissue diseases: report of 3 cases.
abstract: Disease activity in Japanese sarcoidosis patients is generally mild. However, the pulmonary sarcoidosis coexisting with connective tissue disease is likely to be progressive. We report here three cases of sarcoidosis coexisting with connective tissue diseases, who developed pulmonary manifestations from stage II to stage III.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishioka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamanishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamakido
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging