NOUN
- a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
How To Use sarcoidosis In A Sentence
- Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease with a diverse clinical presentation.
- This is seen in longstanding sarcoidosis, in which asymptomatic, violaceous nodules are seen on nose, fingers, and ears.
- The remaining 5 percent of patients have chronic cough caused by bronchiogenic carcinoma, carcinomatosis, sarcoidosis, left ventricular failure or aspiration.
- Lymphocytic alveolitis was found in sarcoidosis and EAA whereas in IPF both lymphocytes and neutrophils were increased. BioMed Central - Latest articles
- Its expression in lung tissue has been widely described in systemic sclerosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary sarcoidosis, and bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis.
- Sarcoidosis, also called sarcoid (from the Greek sarx, meaning "flesh") or Besnier-Boeck disease, is a multisystem disorder characterized by non-caseating granulomas (small inflammatory nodules). MyLinkVault Newest Links
- It is often idiopathic in origin, but may be associated with multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, syphilis, Lyme disease, and ocular lymphoma.
- A somatostatin scan was performed as part of an ongoing research project because the diagnosis sarcoidosis was considered.
- Young et al recently described a patient with sarcoidosis who had a parathyroid hormone concentration above normal.
- No laboratory test or pathological finding can make an absolutely certain diagnosis of sarcoidosis.