Stable Extent of Recurrently Active Cardiac and Cutaneous Sarcoidosis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Recurrent or persistently active sarcoidosis is a risk factor for permanent organ damage. Whether this damage is due to accumulated focal injuries or progressive disease extent is not known, as the natural history of chronic inflammation in sarcoidosis is poorly characterized. The objective of this study is to determine the pattern of disease in recurrently active sarcoidosis. Methods: We identified patients with recurrent cardiac sarcoidosis (N = 21) retrospectively from an imaging database, and with recurrent cutaneous sarcoidosis (N = 17) from a prospective registry. The longitudinal patterns of cardiac sarcoidosis were established by findings on cardiac positron emission tomography scans, and of cutaneous sarcoidosis by the validated Cutaneous Sa

SUBMITTER: Patterson KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8677932 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature