### medical science | pathology:

Sarcoidosis
* Learn the basics about sarcoidosis, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
* affects both men and women, although women are more likely to have the disorder
  - sexes, all races, and all ages throughout the world
  - each patient differently
* also appears to be more common and more severe in certain geographic areas.
* can affect any organ system
  - part of the body
  - nearly any organ, with the possible exception of the adrenal gland
  - also affect the liver, spleen, brain, nerves, heart, bones, muscles, and joints
* can also cause high levels of calcium to accumulate in the blood and urine
  - the heart to beat abnormally
  - lead to obstructive hydrocephalus
  - arise in scars from a variety of etiologies
  - be completely symptomless
* can cause bilateral facial weakness
  - inflammation of the optic nerve
* can occur at any age and in people of any race
  - without symptoms
* causes a variety of symptoms or no symptoms at all
  - both bone and skin disease
* chronic disease with involvement of multiple organs
  - disorder that affects many body systems
  - illness affecting people of all ages and races
* commonly found cause of iritis in adults, especially in African-American women.
* complex multi system autoimmune disease.
* diagnosis of exclusion for the pathologist.
* difficult disease to diagnose.
* disease of the lungs in which small areas of inflamed cells, granulomas, appear
  - that can affect any organ in the body
* is also a cause of chronic or acute dacryocystitis
  - granulomatous disease
* is an inflammatory disease that can affect almost any organ in the body
  - attack any organ of the body
  - believed to be caused by an unusual response of the immune system
* is characterized by a persistent nodular inflammation of the involved tissues
  - noncaseating granulomas
* is characterized by the formation of what are known as granulomas
  - presence of small areas of inflammed cells called granulomas
* is found throughout the world among almost all races and ages and in both sexes
  - within almost all races and ages and in both sexes
  - generally a chronic disease, lasting for several years or for a lifetime
* is more common in health care workers, especially nurses, and in rural areas
  - women than in men
  - prevalent among black American women, although anyone can contract the disease
  - often asymptomatic
  - very rare in young children, if it occurs it is more likely in adolescence
* multi-organ system disease with no known cause.
* multisystem disease than can affect a variety of organs in the body.
* multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown etiology
* multisystemic disease that can affect a variety of organs.
* mysterious, powerful, and often systematic disease.
* mystery disease.
* occurs in all ages and races and in both sexes
  - highly variable groups
  - when the body s immune system overreacts to an unknown agent
* ranks among the top misdiagnosed illnesses and is one of the least understood.
* rare disease that results from inflammation.
* sometimes mimics other diseases and vice versa, so it is hard to trace.
* systemic disease characterized by abnormal tissue swellings throughout the body
  - that causes inflammatory granulomas in various organs and tissues
  - granulomatous disease shich most commonly affects black, young adults

### medical science | pathology | sarcoidosis:

Pulmonary sarcoidosis
* can cause loss of lung volume and increased lung stiffness.
* common condition with an unpredictable course.
* is treated with corticosteroids.

Viraemia
* is neither an essential nor a common phase of infection
  - prolonged and the blood of infected individuals is highly infectious
  - transient
* persists until death.