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Sarcoidosis affecting predominantly the lungs, the site most frequently involved and most commonly causing morbidity and mortality in sarcoidosis. Pulmonary sarcoidosis is characterized by sharply circumscribed granulomas in the alveolar, bronchial, and vascular walls, composed of tightly packed cells derived from the mononuclear phagocyte system. The clinical symptoms when present are dyspnea upon exertion, nonproductive cough, and wheezing. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p431)
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- Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Sarcoidoses
- Sarcoidoses, Pulmonary
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Lung Diseases (1966-1993)
- Sarcoidosis (1966-1993)
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- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Sarcoidosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017565. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017565
- Pulmonary Sarcoidosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554512