Saroj 2 Flashcards
how do you diagnose sarcoidosis
diagnosis of exclusion
Sarcoidosis occurs more commonly in who
women
african american
southeast US
what are immunologic and genetic abnormalitlies of sarcoidosis
-CD4 IL2 IL8 TNF macrophage inflammatory protein increased
histo for sarcoidosis? types of cells seen?
noncaseating granulomas
- epithelioid cells
- langhans
- Schaumann bodies
- asteroid bodies
The granulomas in sarcoidosis may be replaced by
firbrous scars
how are the lungs impacted in Sarcoidosis?
-bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy or lung involvment
granulomas are in close proximity to what in lungs in sarcoidosis
lymphatics, bronchi, and blood vessels
lesions in lung in Sarcoidosis tend to produce what
interstitial fibrosis
what yields to a high diagnostic yield for sarcoidosis
bronchoscopic biopsies
what lymph nodes are involved with sarcoidosis? what happens to them
hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes
- calcified
how is the liver impacted in sarcoidosis
granulomas in portal tarcts
which part of the bodies bone marrow is impacted by sarcoidosis
hands and feet
how is eye impacted by sarcoidosis
Mikulicz syndrome
Iritis and Dacroadenitis
Dacroadenitis
lacrimal gland inflammation
Mikulicz syndrome
lacrimal gland involvement + bilateral parotid, submaxillary and sublingual glands
what is chest x-ray sarcoidosis
bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
clinical symptoms for sarcoidosis
dyspnea
cough
chest pain
maybe hemotpysis
what is prognosis for sarcoidosis
2/3 recover
who has the best prognosis for sarcoidosis
patients with hilar lymphadenopathy only
who has fewer remission
patients with pulmonary disease only
what is hypersensitivity pneumonitis
immunologically-mediated disorders
etiology for hypersensitivity pneumonitis
prolonged exposure to inhaled organic dusts and occupational antigens