Sarcoidosis is a noninfectious, multisystem, granulomatous disease of unknown cause, commonly affecting young and middle-age adults.
Frequently presents with bilateral hilar adenopath...
Patients may be asymptomatic.
Patients may have nonspecific complaints, such as the following:
Nonproductive cough
Shortness of breath
Fever
Night sweats
Weight loss
General fatigue
Eye pain
C...
Many patients undergo spontaneous remission. It is difficult to assess disease activity and severity, however, making it challenging to develop guidelines.
No treatment may be necessary in as...
Patient...
D86.9 Sarcoidosis, unspecified
D86.0 Sarcoidosis of lung
D86.86 Sarcoid arthropathy
D86.89 Sarcoidosis of other sites
D86.85 Sarcoid myocarditis
D86.84 Sarcoid pyelonephritis
D86.82 Multiple cran...
Sarcoidosis is a noninfectious, multisystem, granulomatous disease of unknown cause, typically affecting young and middle-age adults.
Any organ can be affected.
Diagnosis is based on cli...
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FIGURE 28.2. Radiographs illustrating the different stages of sarcoidosis. A: Stage I. Bilateral hilar adenopathy and paratracheal adenopathy with normal lung fields. B: Stage II. Bilateral hilar adenopathy with interstitial lung field involvement. C: Stage III. Lung field involvement only. D: Stage IV. Severely fibrotic lungs with volume loss and cyst formation.
FIGURE 28.2. Radiographs illustrating the different stages of sarcoidosis. A: Stage I. Bilateral hilar adenopathy and paratracheal adenopa...
Figure 5.62. Sarcoidosis-related retinal phlebitis with perivascular exudates known as "candle-wax drippings."
Schaumann body consists of fragmented irregular calcified basophilic refractile structure in the cytoplasm of a multinucleated giant cell in a sarcoidosis granuloma.
Schaumann body consists of fragmented irregular calcified basophilic refractile structure in the cytoplasm of a multinucleated giant cell ...