Sarcoidosis is usually a self-limited, non-life-threatening disease. Remission occurs in >50% within 2-5 years of diagnosis with 20-50% developing chronic disease Death directly due to disease occurs in 5% of cases usually related to lung, cardiac, neurologic, or liver involvement.
For a more detailed discussion, see Baughman RP, Lower EE: Sarcoidosis, Chap. 390, p. 2205, in HPIM-19. |
Section 12. Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology