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11 lip 2024 · Sarcoidosis is a diagnosis of exclusion of granulomatous lung diseases, including tuberculosis and histoplasmosis. Typical history is essential to establish the diagnosis, and biopsy from affected organs is often required. Treated with topical corticosteroids for mild local cutaneous disease.
Abstract. Background: The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is not standardized but is based on three major criteria: a compatible clinical presentation, finding nonnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation in one or more tissue samples, and the exclusion of alternative causes of granulomatous disease.
The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is not standardized but is based on the following three major criteria: a compatible clinical presentation (Table 1), the finding of nonnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation in one or more tissue samples, and the exclusion of alternative causes of granulomatous disease (Table 2).
24 paź 2024 · The average age of onset is 40–55 years of age, with a younger peak age at diagnosis in men (30–50 years of age) than in women (50–60 years of age), a pattern that is confirmed by several reports in different regions with a second peak among women after menopause [1, 2, 6].
Diagnosis therefore depends on establishing a consistent clinical picture, noting symptoms, signs and characteristic clinical features such as consistent radiological and physiological abnormalities, excluding other differential diagnoses (in particular tuberculosis and lymphoma), and on demonstrating the presence of noncaseating granulomas in o...
8 wrz 2021 · Epidemiologic Features. Sarcoidosis occurs throughout the world, affecting all races and ethnic groups and both sexes, with a slight predominance among women. It can affect people of all ages...
16 gru 2021 · The indication for treatment varies depending on which manifestation is the cause of symptoms: lungs, heart, brain, skin or other manifestations. While glucocorticoids remain the first choice for initial treatment of symptomatic disease, prolonged use is associated with significant toxicity.
