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Preferred term

Sarcoidosis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An idiopathic systemic inflammatory granulomatous disorder comprised of epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells with little necrosis. It usually invades the lungs with fibrosis and may also involve lymph nodes, skin, liver, spleen, eyes, phalangeal bones, and parotid glands.

Entry terms

  • Besnier-Boeck Disease
  • Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann Syndrome
  • Boeck Disease
  • Boeck's Disease
  • Boeck's Sarcoid
  • Schaumann Disease
  • Schaumann's Syndrome
  • Schaumann Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Lymphogranulomatose bénigne
  • Maladie de Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-W75TCW73-V

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