[The incidence of sarcoidosis in the Armed Forces: diagnosis, treatment and regular medical check-up].
Sarcoidosis is a chronic multi-system granulomatous disease of unknown etiology, which is characterized by development of epitheliocellular granulomas. Its therapy is not substantiated enough. The incidence of sarcoidosis among the called up servicemen is 1,1 and among the contract servicemen--3,5. According to the structure of contingents with initial diagnosis the called up servicemen constitute 18,6%, officers and praporschiks--57,7% and the contract servicemen without commissioned ranks--23,7%. The comparative analysis has shown that among the contract servicemen suffering from sarcoidosis the number of women was 2,1 times more than among the patients with tuberculosis. The medical personnel in the sarcoidosis group is observed more often (1,5 times more) than in the tuberculosis.
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D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D012426:Russia; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology