title: Is chronic beryllium disease sarcoidosis of known etiology?
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatosis that predominantly affects the lungs and is of unknown etiology. Chronic beryllium disease is a granulomatosis that predominantly affects the lungs and is due to a hypersensitivity response to beryllium. Similarities and differences between these two disorders are reviewed and lessons for both sarcoidosis and chronic beryllium disease are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160, USA. rossmanm@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Milton D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rossman
authors.forename: Mary Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kreider
mesh_terms: D001607:Berylliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*