Pulmonary sarcoidosis with and without extrapulmonary involvement: a cross-sectional and observational study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease characterised by the formation of granulomas within various organs, mainly the lungs. Several studies from different countries have been undertaken to investigate sarcoidosis with extrapulmonary involvement except from China. The objective of this study is to investigate a comparative clinical analysis in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis with and without extrapulmonary involvement from China.

Methods

Data from inpatients diagnosed with sarcoidosis at Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital (Shanghai, China) between January 2009 and December 2014 were retrospectively collected and analysed. Six hundred and thirty-six patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis were included in the study, including 378 isolated pulmonary sarcoidosis and 258 p

SUBMITTER: Li CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829779 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature