Sarcoidosis

Alternate Name:

Test:

Lesion biopsy (+), Kveim test (+), S.angiotensinconverting enzyme (H), tuberculin reaction (60% -), U.calcium (H), S.calcium (H or N), S.ALP (H), S.IgG (H), ESR (H), liver biopsy (AB), chest X-ray (AB)

Sign:

Clubbing of fingers, hepatomegaly, splenomega-ly, skin lesions

Dd:

TB, Hodgkin's disease, biliary cirrhosis, Crohn'sileitis, allergic alveolitis. May mimic any disease of the involved system

Phys:

A multisystem granulomatous disorder of un­known aetiology, that may become widespread in almost any organ