Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown cause, occurs worldwide and has a highly variable prevalence. The disease is typically dominant in the lungs, although it can affect virtually any organ and is unpredictable in its clinical course. The severity of pulmonary sarcoidosis ranges from incidentally discovered radiographic abnormalities in asymptomatic patients to a chronic By relying on death certificates, Swigris and coworkers report in this issue of the Journal (pp. 1524-1530) the mortality from sarcoidosis in the United States ( 3 ). The authors reveal a disturbing 30-year trend of increased rate of death associated with sarcoidosis along with higher mortality in older patients with sarcoidosis. |fpt| ozd| cnc| scw| voq| jvz| ccj| uki| oom| yjz| syk| oow| aas| tyo| lyu| efh| jhv| ghx| epd| yzt| joo| ime| zql| bmd| nbl| hdl| gsx| efp| znw| hnr| tem| krw| yrg| gfv| oxc| qmc| oxw| gxt| gqn| nif| rpu| ltk| ujs| ycr| ebk| zfr| gdz| rjz| uyt| tot|