Sarcoidosis

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Sarcoidosis

• General discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (malaise )
• Fever
• Shortness of breath
• Cough
• Skin lesions
• Skin rash
• Headache
• Visual changes
• Neurological changes
• Enlarged lymph glands (armpit lump )
• Enlarged liver
• Enlarged spleen
• Dry mouth
• Fatigue (one of the most common symptoms in the pediatric population)
• Weight loss (one of the most common symptoms in the pediatric population)

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

• Tearing, decreased
• Seizures
• Nosebleed - symptom
• Joint stiffness
• Hair loss
• Eye burning, itching and discharge
• Rales or other abnormal breath sounds

Note: There may be no symptoms. Most of the time, the disease is found in asymptomatic patients who have an abnormalchest x-ray.

• CBC
• Chem-7 or chem-20
• ACE levels
• Chest X-ray to see if the lungs are involved or lymph nodes are enlarged
• CT scan
• Lymph node biopsy
• Skin lesion biopsy
• Bronchoscopy
• Open lung biopsy
• Liver biopsy
• Kidney biopsy
• EKG to see if the heart is involved

This disease may also alter the results of the following tests:

• Quantitative immunoglobulins (nephelometry)
• PTH
• Serum phosphorus
• Nerve biopsy
• Mediastinoscopy with biopsy
• Lung gallium (Ga.) scan
• Immunoelectrophoresis - serum
• Calcium; urine
• Calcium (ionized)
• Serum calcium
• Liver function tests

Murray JF, Nadel JA. Sarcoidosis. In: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 3rd ed.W. B. Saunders Company, 2000; 1717-1732.

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