Sarcoidosis | |
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Other names | Sarcoïdosis, sarcoid, Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease[1] |
Chest X-ray showing the typical nodularity of sarcoidosis, predominantly in the hila of the lungs. | |
Pronunciation |
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Specialty | Rheumatology, immunology |
Symptoms | |
Usual onset | 20–50 years old More common in women[4] |
Duration | Few years to long term[2][5] |
Causes | Unknown[2] |
Risk factors | Family history[4] |
Diagnostic method | Based on symptoms and tissue biopsy[6] |
Differential diagnosis | Tuberculosis, lymphoma, infectious mononucleosis, pulmonary eosinophilia[7] |
Treatment | Ibuprofen, prednisone, methotrexate[8][9] |
Prognosis | Mortality 1–7%[5] |
Frequency | 1.9 million with interstitial lung disease (2015)[10] |
Deaths | 122,000 with interstitial lung disease (2015)[11] |
Sarcoidosis | |
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Other names | Sarcoïdosis, sarcoid, Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease[1] |
Chest X-ray showing the typical nodularity of sarcoidosis, predominantly in the hila of the lungs. | |
Pronunciation |
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Specialty | Rheumatology, immunology |
Symptoms | |
Usual onset | 20–50 years old More common in women[4] |
Duration | Few years to long term[2][5] |
Causes | Unknown[2] |
Risk factors | Family history[4] |
Diagnostic method | Based on symptoms and tissue biopsy[6] |
Differential diagnosis | Tuberculosis, lymphoma, infectious mononucleosis, pulmonary eosinophilia[7] |
Treatment | Ibuprofen, prednisone, methotrexate[8][9] |
Prognosis | Mortality 1–7%[5] |
Frequency | 1.9 million with interstitial lung disease (2015)[10] |
Deaths | 122,000 with interstitial lung disease (2015)[11] |