[Extra-thoracic sarcoidosis]

Rev Port Pneumol. 2008 Jan-Feb;14(1):127-40. doi: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30222-1.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology, characterized by the presence of non-caseating epithelioid cell granulomas on tissue biopsy of affected organs. It may involve any organ, presenting in multiple forms to clinicians of different specialties. In its extra-thoracic form it may involve the liver (50-80%), spleen (40-80%), eye (20-50%), extrathoracic lymph nodes (30%), skin (25%), nervous system (10%), heart (5%), kidney, muscle and bone, sometimes without symptoms. The presence of extrathoracic disease may affect the prognosis and treatment options for sarcoidosis. The authors present a review of the major extra-thoracic manifestations of sarcoidosis regarding its clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and prognosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology
  • Eye Diseases / etiology
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / etiology
  • Liver Diseases / etiology
  • Lymphatic Diseases / etiology
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases / etiology
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Skin Diseases / etiology
  • Splenic Diseases / etiology