EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SARCOIDOSIS
Authors: MAX MICHAEL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Editorial1 July 1956EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SARCOIDOSISMAX MICHAEL JR., M.D.MAX MICHAEL JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-1-151 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe application of epidemiologic methods to the study of sarcoidosis has yielded information which though difficult to interpret has, nevertheless, indicated fruitful avenues for further study of various aspects of the etiology and pathogenesis of this obscure disease. Perhaps the term syndrome rather than disease should be used, for it is probable that several etiologic agents can produce the disease picture of what is now known as "sarcoidosis." As examples, some forms of histoplasmosis, berylliosis and cryptococcosis can be responsible for a clinical and histologic picture indistinguishable in practically all respects from that of sarcoidosis. Only refined pathological, mycological, chemical...1 Schaumann J: Étude sur le lupus pernio et ses rapport avec les sarcoides cutanées, Ann. de dermat. et syph. 1: 5, 1917. Google Scholar2 LongcopePierson WTJW: Boeck's sarcoid (sarcoidosis), Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 60: 223, 1937. Google Scholar3 Refvem OI: Chronic granulomas in the alimentary tract caused by minute mineral particles. II. "Boeck's disease" and occurrence of minute mineral particles (preliminary report), Acta Path. 25: 107, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4 Longcope WT: Sarcoidosis or Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease, J. A. M. A. 117: 1321, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 Bickerstaff ER: The familial aspects of sarcoidosis, Brit. J. Tuberc. and Dis. Chest 43: 112, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 Schonholzer G: Morbus Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann; und Armeedurch-Leuchtung, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr. 77: 585, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar7 MichaelColeBeesonOlson MRMPBBJ: Sarcoidosis. Preliminary report on a study of 350 cases with special reference to epidemiology, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 62: 403, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar8 GentryNitowskyMichael JTHMM: Studies on the epidemiology of sarcoidosis in the United States: the relationship to soil areas and to urban rural residence, J. Clin. Investigation 34: 1839, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9 CarrGage DTRP: The geographic distribution of sarcoidosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 70: 899, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar10 IsraelSones HTM: Sarcoidosis, Am. Pract. and Digest Treat. 3: 18, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar11 CummingsDunnerSchmidtBarnwell MMERHJB: Concepts of epidemiology of sarcoidosis, Postgrad. Med. 19: 437, 1956. 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 byHow the Frequency and Phenotype of Sarcoidosis is Driven by Environmental DeterminantsSarcoidosis of the tongueSarcoidosis with unsuspected oral manifestationsTen-year study of sarcoidosis and pregnancyRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (THIRTEENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)*CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROGER L. BLACK, M.D., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CARLOS F. SACASA, M.D., F.A.C.P., OTTO STEINBROCKER, M.D., HANS WAINE, M.D., GEORGE M. WILSON JR., M.D.ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CORONARY HEART-DISEASESARCOIDOSIS TREATED WITH CHLOROQUINESARCOIDOSISSarcoidosisBoeck's sarcoid and pregnancy 1 July 1956Volume 45, Issue 1Page: 151-155KeywordsCryptococcosisEpidemiological methods and statisticsEpidemiologyEtiologyHistoplasmosisPathogenesisSarcoidosis Issue Published: 1 July 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...