RECENT OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF SARCOIDOSIS
Authors: PAUL W. CLOUGH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Editorial1 July 1959RECENT OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF SARCOIDOSISPAUL W. CLOUGH, M.D.PAUL W. CLOUGH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-1-174 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe intensive work that has been devoted to the study of sarcoidosis during the past few decades has amassed much information regarding its clinical course and the protean manifestations it may present. But little positive information has been obtained, however, as to its etiology and pathogenesis. The resemblance of the sarcoid nodules to ordinary tubercles attracted prompt attention, and since the early descriptions of Boeck some 50 years ago, many investigators for this and other reasons have supported the view that sarcoidosis is a special type of tuberculous infection. Others have maintained with equal vigor that sarcoidosis is a specific...1 LongcopeFreiman WTDG: A study of sarcoidosis, Medicine 31: 1-132, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2 Siltzbach LE: Progress in sarcoidosis, Am. J. Med. 22: 841-847, 1957 (Editorial review with bibliography). CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3 Leitner J: Boeck's sarcoidosis (chronic epithelioid-celled reticulo-endotheliosis or granulomatosis), Tubercle 31: 174-183, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4 Friou GJ: A study of the cutaneous reactions to oidiomycin, trichophytin, and mumps skin test antigens in patients with sarcoidosis, Yale J. Biol. and Med. 24: 533-539, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar5 SonesIsrael MHL: Altered immunologic reactions in sarcoidosis, Ann. Int. Med. 40: 260-268, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar6 SabinDoanForkner FRCACE: Studies on tuberculosis, J. Exper. Med. 52: Supp. 3, 1-152, 1930. MedlineGoogle Scholar7 Refvem O: The pathogenesis of Boeck's disease (sarcoidosis), Acta med. Scandinav. (Suppl.) 294: 1-146, 1954. Google Scholar8 MichaelColeBeesonOlson MRMPBBJ: Sarcoidosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 62: 403-407, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar9 GentryNitowskyMichael JTHMMJ: Studies on the epidemiology of sarcoidosis in the United States: the relationship to soil areas and rural-urban residence, J. Clin. Investigation 34: 1839-1856, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10 CummingsDumerSchmidtBarnwell MMERHJB: Concepts of epidemiology of sarcoidosis. Preliminary report of 1194 cases reviewed with special reference to geographic ecology, Postgrad. Med. 19: 437-446, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11 CummingsHudgins MMPC: Chemical constituents of pine pollen and their possible relationship to sarcoidosis, Am. J. M. Sc. 236: 311-317, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12 NethercottStrawbridge SEWG: Identification of bacterial residues in sarcoid lesions, Lancet 22: 1132, 1956. CrossrefGoogle 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 byHyperthermia, Fever and Infectious DiseasesBeobachtungen zum Morbus Boeck 1 July 1959Volume 51, Issue 1Page: 174-178KeywordsClinical epidemiologyEtiologyPathogenesisSarcoidosis Issue Published: 1 July 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...