SARCOIDOSIS: RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
Authors: MILTON S. SACKS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Editorial1 December 1952SARCOIDOSIS: RANDOM OBSERVATIONSMILTON S. SACKS, M.D.MILTON S. SACKS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-6-1290 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe publication of several recent surveys1, 2, 3 of large groups of cases of sarcoidosis, either personally observed or collected from the literature, makes it possible now for the clinician to obtain a broad perspective of this interesting problem. Such a perspective should prove valuable not only in providing clues for further etiologic investigation, but also for a more rational approach to clinical management.In common with the history of other diseases, the lesions of sarcoidosis first responsible for its recognition as a clinical entity, i.e. involvement of the skin and bones, seem now to be of relatively lesser importance...1 LongcopeFreiman WTDG: A study of sarcoidosis, Medicine 31: 1, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2 Freiman DG: Sarcoidosis, New England J. Med. 239: 664, 709, 743, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3 RickerClark WM: Sarcoidosis. A clinico-pathological review of 300 cases, including 22 autopsies, Am. J. Clin. Path. 19: 725 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4 Pinner M: Non-caseating tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 37: 960, 1938. Google Scholar5 FlemingRunyonCummings JWEDMM: An evaluation of the hemagglutination test for tuberculosis, Am. J. Med. 10: 704, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6 MichaelColeBeesonOlson MRMPBBJ: Sarcoidosis: preliminary report on a study of 350 cases with special reference to epidemiology, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 62: 403, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar7 HardyTabershaw HLIR: Delayed chemical pneumonitis occurring in workers exposed to beryllium compounds, J. Indust. Hyg. and Toxicol. 28: 197, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar8 SternerEisenbud JHM: Epidemiology of beryllium intoxication, Arch. Ind. Hyg. and Occup. Med. 4: 123, 1951. Google Scholar9 Danbolt N: Re-examination of Caesar Boeck's first patient with "multiple benign sarcoid of the skin," Schweiz. med. Wchnschr. 77: 1149, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar10 KlatskinYesner GR: Hepatic manifestations of sarcoidosis and other granulomatous diseases: a study based on histological examination of tissue obtained by needle biopsy of the liver, Yale J. Biol. and Med. 23: 207, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar11 SonesIsraelDratmanFrank MHLMBJH: Effects of cortisone in sarcoidosis, N. England J. Med. 244: 209, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12 GaldstonWeisenfeldBenjaminRosenbluth MSBMB: Effect of ACTH in chronic lung disease, Am. J. Med. 10: 166, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13 Siltzbach LE: Effects of cortisone in sarcoidosis: a study of 13 patients, Am. J. Med. 12: 139, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByIntracranial Boeck's Sarcoid Tumor Resembling MeningiomaSARCOIDOSIS—HEPATIC INVOLVEMENT: PRESENTATION OF A CASE WITH FATAL LIVER INVOLVEMENT, INCLUDING AUTOPSY FINDINGS AND REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE FOR SARCOID INVOLVEMENT OF THE LIVER AS FOUND IN THE LITERATURE*JOHN H. BRANSON, M.D., JAMES H. PARK, M.D. 1 December 1952Volume 37, Issue 6Page: 1290-1294KeywordsBoneLesionsSarcoidosis Issue Published: 1 December 1952 PDF DownloadLoading ...