Sarcoidosis Disease
Health Encyclopedia: Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown cause in which inflammation occurs in the lymph nodes, lungs, liver, eyes, skin, or other tissues.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The cause of the disease is unknown. Sarcoidosis is marked byabnormal inflammatory masses(granulomas)in certain organs of the body. Granulomas are clusters of immune cells (macrophages, lymphocytes, and multinucleated giant cells). The diseasecan affect almost any organ of the body, although it most...
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Kidney Stones: Risk Factors
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...the cells that secrete reproductive hormones thus causing ovarian failure.Other causes of POF include sarcoidosis, mumps, some sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. Women with epilepsy... Read more »Mediastinoscopy with biopsy
...findings may indicate lung cancer, tuberculosis, the spread of disease from one body part to another, sarcoidosis (a disease that causes nodules, usually affecting the lungs, lymphoma... Read more »Kidney Stones: Causes
...Medical Conditions. Kidney disease, chronic diarrhea, certain cancers (e.g., leukemia and lymphomas), and sarcoidosis put people at higher risk for stones.MedicationsAIDS medications.Over 10% of... Read more »Kidney Stones: Other Treatments
...may be causing stones to form. Such disorders include distal renal tubular acidosis, hyperthyroidism, sarcoidosis, and certain cancers. To prevent calcium stones that form in hyperparathyroid... Read more »
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