Study of Clinico–pathological profile of sarcoidosis in a tertiary care hospital in northern India.

Dr.Mohi Kalsotra; Dr Shahbaz Khan

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

Study of Clinico–pathological profile of sarcoidosis in a tertiary care hospital in northern India.

Dr. Mohi Kalsotra, Dr Shahbaz Khan

Abstract :

Background : Sarcoidosis is an ill–defined syndrome of unknown etiology involving abnormal collection of chronic inflammatory cell (granulomas) that can form as nodules in various organs . Sarcoidosis most commonly affects young adults of both sexes, although studies have reported more cases in females. The etiology of Sarcoidosis has yet to be attributed to a single factor. The cause of sarcoidosis is still obscure, continues to elude us and remains an enigma. It is also not clear wether sarcoidosis is caused by a single agent, several related agents, or multiple factors. Materials and methods: The present study was carried out in Post Graduate department of Internal Medicine, Government Medical College, Jammu for a period of one year from November 2013 to October 2014.Patients were recruited from indoor wards of general medicine, indoor wards of pulmonology units, outpatient clinics, pulmonology clinics and emergency department of Government Medical College for a period of one year. Results: In our study we found cough to be the most common symptom (93.3%) followed by dyspnea (80%) and chest pain in (66.67%) of patients. In our study, cutaneous involvement was seen in 13.3% patients and none of the patients had erythema nodosum. Arthalgias were more common than arthritis in our patients.