Sarcoidosis: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and approach to treatment.
Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic granulomatous disease. It usually affects the lung but may involve any organ. The diagnosis may be problematic because known causes of granulomatous inflammation must be excluded. Sarcoidosis may remit spontaneously or remain stable. Therefore, therapy is not mandated for the disease. This report reviews the clinical presentation, diagnostic approach, and treatment of sarcoidosis.
Judson
Marc A
MA
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. judsonma@musc.edu
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones