Sarcoidosis: An FP's primer on an enigmatic disease

Rohit Gupta; Maulin Patel; Luis Caceres; Mayur Rali; Parth Rali

doi:10.12788/jfp.0177

Sarcoidosis: An FP's primer on an enigmatic disease

J Fam Pract. 2021 Apr;70(3):E4-E15. doi: 10.12788/jfp.0177.

Authors

Rohit Gupta¹, Maulin Patel¹, Luis Caceres¹, Mayur Rali¹, Parth Rali¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (Drs. Gupta, Patel, and Parth Rali); Department of Family Medicine, Barbara and Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell - South Shore University Hospital, NY (Drs. Caceres and Mayur Rali).

PMID: 34314343
DOI: 10.12788/jfp.0177

Abstract

Management includes ruling out alternate diagnoses, identifying occult/overt organ involvement, determining treatment, and recognizing worrisome features.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Autoantibodies / blood
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Physicians, Family / organization & administration*
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
Sarcoidosis / pathology
Sarcoidosis / therapy*
Young Adult

Substances

Autoantibodies