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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jesus Rosario Hernandez, M.D. [2]
Overview
Physical examination
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
In half of the patients diagnosed with sarcoidosis, the disease is found incidentally by a CXR (bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, reticular opacities) before the symptoms develop. Lung is the most common organ involved by sarcoidosis, but up to 30% percent of patients present with extra-pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis. The most common pattern of lung involvement in sarcoidosis is interstitial lung disease (other less common pulmonary manifestations include pneumothorax, pleural thickening, chylothorax, pulmonary hypertension)[1][2][3].
- Crackles are not commonly auscultated on lung examination. Wheezing may be heard when there is endobronchial involvement
Gallery
Skin
Head
Neck
Extremities
References
- ↑ Ungprasert P, Carmona EM, Utz JP, Ryu JH, Crowson CS, Matteson EL: Epidemiology of Sarcoidosis 1946-2013: A Population-Based Study. Mayo Clinic proceedings 2016, 91(2):183-188.
- ↑ Baughman RP, Teirstein AS, Judson MA, Rossman MD, Yeager H, Jr., Bresnitz EA, DePalo L, Hunninghake G, Iannuzzi MC, Johns CJ et al: Clinical characteristics of patients in a case control study of sarcoidosis. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2001, 164(10 Pt 1):1885-1889.
- ↑ Rizzato G, Tinelli C: Unusual presentation of sarcoidosis. Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases 2005, 72(1):3-6.