Sarcoidosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management
Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It is more common in women and in people suffering from obesity. A characteristic feature is the formation of non-sarcomatous granulomas, which could occure important organs. It could also present as an asymptomat...
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Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It is more common in women and in people suffering from obesity. A characteristic feature is the formation of non-sarcomatous granulomas, which could occure important organs. It could also present as an asymptomatic form, and its diagnosis may be made incidentally on a routine chest X-ray.
Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to review the literature describing the disease sarcoidosis-its course, clinical forms, diagnosis and treatment.
Methods and materials: : We reviewed the literature available in the PubMed database, using the key words: "sarcoidosis"; "granulomatosis’’; “cardiac sarcoidosis”; “neurosarcoidosis”; "pulmonary sarcoidosis''.
Results: The most common form of sarcoidosis is pulmonary, with enlargement of hilar lymph nodes and parenchymal lesions. The disease could manifest itself in the form of skin lesions-specifically and non-specifically, ocular lesions, where nay most often appears as uveitis, usually bilateral, and could also involve the heart. Patients with neurosarcoidosis usually have involvement of the pituitary, hypothalamus, meninges and cranial nerves.
Conclusion: The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is difficult because its symptoms are often nonspecific. Diagnosis is based on exclusion of other diseases and is confirmed through imaging, histopathological, and immunological tests. In most cases, the prognosis of sarcoidosis is positive, and the disease may resolve spontaneously or under treatment. Treatment of sarcoidosis depends on the severity of the disease and the involvement of specific organs, the most common treatment is glucocorticoids.
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| spelling | doaj-art-8f4a4fb3e9f04a6e9241caab697116262024-12-15T08:08:24ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńQuality in Sport2450-31182024-12-013510.12775/QS.2024.35.56213Sarcoidosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Clinical ManagementMarcin Kuliga0Mateusz Bajak1Dominik Maciej Feret2Jadwiga Inglot3Julia Inglot4Maciej Mamczur5Julia Słowik6Damian Sowa7Michał Szczepański8Daniel Zapasek9University of Rzeszów, Tadeusza Rejtana 16c, 35-310 Rzeszów, PolandUniversity Teaching Hospital them F. Chopin in Rzeszów, Fryderyka Szopena 2, 35-055 Rzeszów, Poland Independent Public Health Care Complex No. 1 in Rzeszów, ul. Czackiego 3, 35-051 Rzeszów, Poland Clinical Provincial Hospital No. 2 in Rzeszów, Lwowska 60, 35-301 Rzeszów, Poland Clinical Provincial Hospital No. 2 in Rzeszow, Lwowska 60, 35-301 Rzeszów, PolandMedical Center in Łańcut, Ignacego Paderewskiego 5, 37-100 Łańcut, Poland University Teaching Hospital them F. Chopin in Rzeszów, Fryderyka Szopena 2, 35-055 Rzeszów, PolandClinical Provincial Hospital No. 2 in Rzeszow, Lwowska 60, 35-301 Rzeszów, PolandMedical Center in Łańcut, Ignacego Paderewskiego 5, 37-100 Łańcut, Poland Medical Center in Łańcut, Ignacego Paderewskiego 5, 37-100 Łańcut, Poland Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It is more common in women and in people suffering from obesity. A characteristic feature is the formation of non-sarcomatous granulomas, which could occure important organs. It could also present as an asymptomatic form, and its diagnosis may be made incidentally on a routine chest X-ray. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to review the literature describing the disease sarcoidosis-its course, clinical forms, diagnosis and treatment. Methods and materials: : We reviewed the literature available in the PubMed database, using the key words: "sarcoidosis"; "granulomatosis’’; “cardiac sarcoidosis”; “neurosarcoidosis”; "pulmonary sarcoidosis''. Results: The most common form of sarcoidosis is pulmonary, with enlargement of hilar lymph nodes and parenchymal lesions. The disease could manifest itself in the form of skin lesions-specifically and non-specifically, ocular lesions, where nay most often appears as uveitis, usually bilateral, and could also involve the heart. Patients with neurosarcoidosis usually have involvement of the pituitary, hypothalamus, meninges and cranial nerves. Conclusion: The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is difficult because its symptoms are often nonspecific. Diagnosis is based on exclusion of other diseases and is confirmed through imaging, histopathological, and immunological tests. In most cases, the prognosis of sarcoidosis is positive, and the disease may resolve spontaneously or under treatment. Treatment of sarcoidosis depends on the severity of the disease and the involvement of specific organs, the most common treatment is glucocorticoids. https://apcz.umk.pl/QS/article/view/56213SarkoidozaGranumatozaSarkoidza sercaNeurosarkoidozaSarkoida płuczna |
| spellingShingle | Marcin Kuliga Mateusz Bajak Dominik Maciej Feret Jadwiga Inglot Julia Inglot Maciej Mamczur Julia Słowik Damian Sowa Michał Szczepański Daniel Zapasek Sarcoidosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management Quality in Sport Sarkoidoza Granumatoza Sarkoidza serca Neurosarkoidoza Sarkoida płuczna |
| title | Sarcoidosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management |
| title_full | Sarcoidosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management |
| title_fullStr | Sarcoidosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sarcoidosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management |
| title_short | Sarcoidosis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Clinical Management |
| title_sort | sarcoidosis pathogenesis diagnosis and clinical management |
| topic | Sarkoidoza Granumatoza Sarkoidza serca Neurosarkoidoza Sarkoida płuczna |
| url | https://apcz.umk.pl/QS/article/view/56213 |
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