Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis are common diagnoses in patients attending chest clinics, but little is known about the epidemiology of these diseases. We used data ...

Stage II disease involves 25% to 35% of patients with sarcoidosis. Pulmonary disease generally appears as the intrathoracic lymphadenopathy is regressing. Pulmonary parenchymal involvement is ...

Review of symptoms revealed no history of weight loss, loss of appetite, fatigue, cough, dyspnea, palpitations, chest pain, headaches, syncope, seizures, or any abdominal symptoms. Past medical ...

Background Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease of unknown origin that affects individuals worldwide, with highest incidence and prevalence in African Americans. 1 It is characterised ...

Objective To identify clusters of peripheral involvement according to the specific location of peripheral manifestations (ie, arthritis, enthesitis and dactylitis) in patients with spondyloarthritis ...

The observance of World Sickle Cell Day 2025 is also meant to encourage discussions for innovative solutions and best practices for the management of sickle cell anaemia. The theme for this year’s ...

Results 69% of the patients (n=900) started b/tsDMARD as monotherapy while 31% were treated in combination with MTX (n=405). At baseline, clinical domains like skin, nail and joint affection, ...

Actress Tisha Campbell-Martin, best known for her role on the ’90s comedy Martin and parts in urban cinema classics like House Party and School Daze, has been quietly fighting for her health. Tisha is ...

Background: Skeletal muscle weakness is assumed to be present in patients with sarcoidosis but has never been reported in a consecutive group of patients. Moreover, its relationship with previously ...

It presents in different ways. It presents across multiple domains of disease. So for example, peripheral arthritis, enthesitis dactylitis, skin involvement, axial disease, no one PSA patient presents ...

Around 10 to 30% of the patients with sarcoidosis require treatment to alleviate symptoms or prevent organ damage. Besides having a heterogeneous and often unpredictable disease course, sarcoidosis ...