Clinical presentations and diagnostic work-up in sarcoidosis: A series of Turkish cases (clinics and diagnosis of sarcoidosis) [Sarkoidozlu olgularda klinik görünüm ve tani{dotless}sal yaklaşi{dotless}m: Türk olgu serisi (sarkoidoz klini?i ve tani{dotless} yaklaşi{dotless}mlari{dotless})]
Date
2011Author
Kiter G.Müsellim B.
Çetinkaya E.
Türker H.
Kunt Uzaslan A.E.
Yentürk E.
Uzun O.
Sa?lam L.
Özdemir Kumbasar O.
Çelik G.
Okumuş G.
Arbak P.M.
Altiay G.
Tabak L.
Şakar Coşkun A.
Erturan S.
Türktaş H.
Yalniz E.
Akkoçlu A.
Ö?üş C.
Do?an O.T.
Özkan M.
Özkan S.
Uzel F.I.
Öngen G.
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Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic granulomatous disease. It usually affects the lung. The diagnosis may be problematic since the known causes of granulomatous inflammation must be excluded. This multicenter study aimed to evaluate the clinical presentations and diagnostic approaches of sarcoidosis. The study protocol was sent via internet, and the participants were asked to send the information (clinical, radiological and diagnostic) on newly diagnosed sarcoidosis cases. 293 patients were enrolled within two years. Pulmonary symptoms were found in 73.3% of the patients, and cough was the most common one (53.2%), followed by dyspnea (40.3%). Constitutional symptoms were occured in half of the patients. The most common one was fatigue (38.6%). The most common physical sign was eritema nodosum (17.1%). The most common chest radiograhical sign was bilateral hilar lymphadenomegaly (78.8%). Staging according to chest X-ray has revealed that most of the patients were in Stage I and Stage II (51.9% and 31.7%, respectively). Sarcoidosis was confirmed histopathologically in 265 (90.4%) patients. Although one-third of the bronchoscopy was revealed normal, mucosal hyperemi (19.8%) and external compression of the bronchial wall (16.8%) were common abnormal findings. The 100% success rate was obtained in mediastinoscopy among the frequently used sampling methods. Transbronchial biopsy was the most frequently used method with 48.8% success rate. Considering sarcoidosis with its most common and also rare findings in the differential diagnosis, organizing the related procedures according to the possibly effected areas, and the expertise of the team would favor multimodality diagnosis.
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Tuberkuloz ve ToraksVolume
59Issue
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- Makale Koleksiyonu [5745]
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