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Descriptor English:   Sarcoidosis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Sarcoidosis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Sarcoidose 
Synonyms English:   Besnier-Boeck Disease
Boeck's Sarcoid  
Tree Number:   C15.604.515.827
Definition English:   An idiopathic systemic inflammatory granulomatous disorder comprised of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little necrosis. It usually invades the lungs with fibrosis and may also involve lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord IM with organ/dis precoord (IM); sarcoidosis of heart: coord IM with CARDIOMYOPATHIES (IM), not HEART DISEASES
See Related English:   Kveim Test
 
History Note English:   PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS use SARCOIDOSIS 1963-1992 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   12886 
Unique Identifier:   D012507 

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