Diagnosis and Detection of Sarcoidosis

Publication Date: April 1, 2020

Key Points

Key Points

The diagnosis of sarcoidosis is not standardized but is based on three major criteria:
  • a compatible clinical presentation
  • finding non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation in one or more tissue samples
  • the exclusion of alternative causes of granulomatous disease.

Diagnosis

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Lymph Node Sampling

...ients for whom there is a high clinical sus...

...presenting with asymptomatic, bilateral h...

...patients with suspected sarcoidosis...


...ning for Extrapulmonary Dise...

...ients with sarcoidosis who do not have ocul...

...patients with sarcoidosis who have neither...

For patients with sarcoidosis who have neith...

...patients with sarcoidosis who have ne...

...patients with sarcoidosis who do not have sympto...

...nt of vitamin metabolism is deemed necessary...

...ATS suggests that patients with sarco...

...with extracardiac sarcoidosis who do n...

...or patients with extracardiac sarcoidosis who...


...ostic Evaluation of Suspected Extrapulmonar...

...nts with extracardiac sarcoidosis...

...th extracardiac sarcoidosis and suspected cardiac...

...with sarcoidosis in whom pulmonary hypertension...

...ents with sarcoidosis in whom PH is suspect...

...patients with sarcoidosis in whom PH is suspected...


...l Features Supportive of a Diagnosis of Sa...


...Pathological Features of SarcoidosisHa...


...gure 1. Comparison of pulmonary sarcoidosis gra...


...ble 3. Key Infectious and Noninfectious Different...


...y Differential Diagnoses for Sarcoidosi...


.... Best Practice Recommendations for Detection of D...


...pical ECG and radiographic features of cardi...


...gure 3. Schematic of recommended dia...