Diseases

Sarcoidosis

An idiopathic systemic inflammatory granulomatous disorder comprised of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little necrosis. It usually invades the lungs with fibrosis and may also involve lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands.

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An idiopathic systemic inflammatory granulomatous disorder comprised of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little necrosis. It usually invades the lungs with fibrosis and may also involve lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands.

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20 entry terms
  • Besnier-Boeck Disease
  • Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann Syndrome
  • Boeck Disease
  • Boeck's Disease
  • Boeck's Sarcoid
  • Schaumann Disease
  • Schaumann Syndrome
  • Schaumann's Syndrome
  • Besnier Boeck Disease
  • Besnier Boeck Schaumann Syndrome
  • Boeck Sarcoid
  • Boecks Disease
  • Boecks Sarcoid
  • Disease, Schaumann
  • Sarcoid, Boeck's
  • Sarcoidoses
  • Schaumann's Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann
  • Syndrome, Schaumann
  • Syndrome, Schaumann's

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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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coordinate with precoordinated organ disease term; sarcoidosis of heart: coordinate with CARDIOMYOPATHIES, not HEART DISEASES

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History Note

PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS use SARCOIDOSIS 1963-1992

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  2. C20w.543w.418w.575w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sarcoidosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012507. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012507
  2. Sarcoidosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoidosis
  3. Sarcoidosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193894