Pulmonology · Pathway 72
Sarcoidosis: Prognostic Features
Key points
- Sarcoidosis: prognostic features Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disorder of unknown aetiology characterised by non-caseating granulomas. It is more common in young adults and in people of African descent.
- insidious onset, symptoms > 6 months
- absence of erythema nodosum
- extrapulmonary manifestations: e.g. lupus pernio, splenomegaly
- CXR: stage lll-IV features