CHORUS
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sarcoidosis
non-caseating granulomatous disease
- unknown etiology
- young adults, blacks > whites
- prognosis usually good
- may affect any organ
- chest most often involved
- diffuse pulmonary infiltrate, may resolve or progress to fibrosis
- HRCT:
- mediastinal adenopathy
- early = septal thickening, peribronchovascular nodules, alveolitis, ground-glass opacity
- late = traction bronchiectasis, fibrosis, honeycombing
- skeleton involved in 10%
- Dx: bronchial/transbronchial biopsy (60-95% diagnostic), liver or scalene bx, Kveim test
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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