title: [Sarcoidosis--a multisystem disorder with variable prognosis].
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a pneumotropic granulomatous inflammatory multisystem disorder of unknown origin and heterogeneous outcome. In most cases the disease is self-limited, others progress or die from organ involvement, which is often associated with extensive pulmonary scarring or relevant extrapulmonary organ involvement. Therefore, patients with sarcoidosis must be staged for multiorgan involvement. Modern treatment strategies appraise a critical awareness for the effect to side-effect-ratio of long-term immunosuppressive medication.
authors.affiliation: 1 Klinik für Pneumologie und Schlafmedizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors.forename: Rebekka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kleiner
authors.affiliation: 1 Klinik für Pneumologie und Schlafmedizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brutsche
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents