Clinical Characteristics of Sarcoidosis Patients with Self-Reported Lymphoma: A US Nationwide Registry Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Little is known about the association between sarcoidosis and lymphoma. We aim to determine the prevalence of lymphoma in US sarcoidosis patients and compare the clinical characteristics of patients with and without lymphoma.

Methods

Using a national registry-based study investigating 3560 respondents to the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research Sarcoidosis Advanced Registry for Cures Questionnaire (FSR-SARC) completed between June 2014 and August 2019, we identified patients who reported the diagnosis of lymphoma following sarcoidosis and randomly selected a computer-generated control sample of sarcoidosis patients with no reported lymphoma with a 2:1 ratio.

Results

Among 3560 patients with sarcoidosis, 43 (1.2%) reported developing lymphoma following their sar

SUBMITTER: Alzghoul BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627493 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature