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Sarcoidosis: Sarcoidosis is a disease due to inflammation. It can appear in almost any body organ, but most often starts in the lungs or lymph nodes. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Sarcoidosis: NHLBI) ... more about Sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis: Rare autoimmune disease usually affecting the lungs. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Sarcoidosis is available below.
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Prognosis for Sarcoidosis: Often good. Many cases heal (60-70%). Most other cases are bearable. Fatal complications 5-10% of patients.
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Sarcoidosis is a disease due to inflammation. It can appear in almost any body organ, but most often starts in the lungs or lymph nodes. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Sarcoidosis: NHLBI)
Inflammatory disease characterized by small lumps or granulomas in lymph nodes and other organs. - (Source - Diseases Database)
A chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Sarcoidosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Sarcoidosis, or a subtype of Sarcoidosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Sarcoidosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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