The etiology of sarcoid is unclear and likely multifactorial. One theory is that there is a genetic predisposition (eg, the HLA-DRB1 allele) and a secondary environmental or infectious insult ...

Nothing about sarcoidosis is easy. First identified in 1877, it is quite common. In the United States, lifetime risk is 2.4% and 0.85% for African American persons and White persons, respectively.

THE course of Boeck's sarcoid is characteristically said to be benign. 1 However, significant impairment of vital organs is not uncommon. Most frequently noted are eye involvement, which may lead to ...

Sarcoidosis of the lungs, skin, liver and eyes. "I didn't know what sarcoid was,"says Bozard.Neither did doctors who thought he had tuberculosis. Sarcoid occurs when the immune system for unknown ...

Despite the numerous treatment choices available for equine sarcoids, no modality is 100% effective in producing a cure. So which of the numerous treatment options should veterinarians use to treat ...

Sarcoids are a very common type of benign skin tumour that affect horses and there are several treatment options for owners ...

Sarcoids were diagnosed in two captive zebras from different facilities. Zebra 1 (Equus burchellii boehmi) was a 4.5-yr-old, captive-born male that presented with a 9- by 7-cm inguinal mass. Seven ...

The aim of this study is to characterise the choroidal features of patients diagnosed with sarcoid- and tuberculosis (TB)-associated granulomatous uveitis using spectral domain optical coherence ...

Cardiac involvement by sarcoidosis and concomitant deposition of AL amyloid is an uncommon association. We describe the case of a 53-year-old African-American man with a 7-year history of dilated ...

IN a previous report 1 I described my experience with colchicine in 2 patients with sarcoid arthritis. In the first, each of four acute bouts of joint inflammation was abruptly terminated in less than ...

A donkey with a severe sarcoid is recovering after welfare charities stepped in to get him the specialist veterinary care he needed to survive. Skye, an eight-year-old skewbald who was living on the ...