Diagnosis of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

Mengmeng Zhao; Ying Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2023.06.005

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

Clin Chest Med. 2024 Mar;45(1):15-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2023.06.005. Epub 2023 Jul 18.

Authors

Mengmeng Zhao¹, Ying Zhou²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University, 507 Zheng Min Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
² Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital of Tongji University, 507 Zheng Min Road, Shanghai 200433, China. Electronic address: happyying79550@sina.com.

PMID: 38245363
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2023.06.005

Abstract

Diagnosis of sarcoidosis depends on a compatible clinical and imaging presentation, histologic finding of non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation, and exclusion of alternative causes of granulomatous diseases. This study has reviewed the diagnostic algorithms and approaches of sarcoidosis.

Keywords: Diagnosis; FDG-PET; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis diagnosis score.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biopsy / methods
Diagnostic Imaging
Humans
Sarcoidosis* / diagnosis
Sarcoidosis* / pathology
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary* / diagnostic imaging
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary* / pathology