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MeSH Heading: Sarcoidosis
Tree Number(s): C15.604.515.827; C20.543.418.575
Unique ID: D012507
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012507
Annotation: coordinate with precoordinated organ disease term; sarcoidosis of heart: coordinate with CARDIOMYOPATHIES, not HEART DISEASES
Scope Note: 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 Term(s): Besnier-Boeck Disease; Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann Syndrome; Boeck Disease; Boeck's Disease; Boeck's Sarcoid; Schaumann Disease; Schaumann Syndrome; Schaumann's Syndrome
See Also: Kveim Test
Public MeSH Note: PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS see SARCOIDOSIS 1963-1992
History Note: PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS use SARCOIDOSIS 1963-1992
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/13

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0019426
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Sarcoidosis Preferred Term
Term UI T037112
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Schaumann's Syndrome
Term UI T752639
Date06/10/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann Syndrome
Term UI T752640
Date06/10/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Boeck Disease
Term UI T752641
Date06/10/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Schaumann Disease
Term UI T037113
Date06/15/1984
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Schaumann Syndrome
Term UI T752643
Date06/10/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Besnier-Boeck Disease
Term UI T037110
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Boeck's Sarcoid
Term UI T037111
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Boeck's Disease
Term UI T752642
Date06/10/2009
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID

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