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Patients with sarcoidosis may develop a condition known as autoimmune hemolytic anemia, in which the red blood cells are prematurely destroyed by the immune system. Although this is not well documented, researchers at Warwick Hospital in England have reported the case of a patient who exhibited both illnesses. Their study,…

Poor cardiac outcomes in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis may be predicted through the presence of cardiac fibrosis assessed by heart magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to a recent Japanese study. The study, “Risk stratification for major adverse cardiac events and ventricular tachyarrhythmias by cardiac MRI in patients with…

Researchers at the National Research Institute of TB & Lung Diseases, in Poland, have developed a novel tool that helps identify patients with cardiac sarcoidosis via easily accessible and cost-effective tests. The study “Prevalence of cardiac sarcoidosis in white population: a case–control study: Proposal for a novel risk…

When skin sarcoidosis is associated with pre-existing scars, it is called scar sarcoidosis. In a recent study, researchers at the Chungnam National University School of Medicine in Korea reported the case of a patient who developed scar sarcoidosis following pulsed dye laser treatment for a pre-existing scar. The study, “…

Sarcoidosis patients appear to have unusual energy production and transmethylation of proteins, as well as an abnormal gut microbiota, according to researchers at Wayne State University School of Medicine and colleagues, who compared the metabolites found in sarcoidosis patients with those of healthy people. The study, “Metabolomics connects aberrant bioenergetic, transmethylation,…

Psoriasiform lesions are a rare but established manifestation of sarcoidosis, in which psoriasis plaques are formed within sarcoidosis skin lesions. In a recent study, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and the University of Miami in Florida presented a case report of a patient with psoriasiform sarcoidosis, and discussed the…

Relief Therapeutics, readying for a pivotal clinical trial of a sarcoidosis treatment, announced that it is acquiring FirstString Research in an all-stock transaction that will add an advanced clinical stage product, Granexin, a potential treatment for diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers, to its drug portfolio. Relief will  also acquire FirstString’s pipeline…

Verrucous sarcoidosis, a rare form of skin sarcoidosis, may be associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, researchers in Fort Lauterdale, Florida, and colleagues document for the first time in a case study. Their study, “Verrucous sarcoidosis associated with human papillomavirus infection: A case report,” published in…

Sarcoidosis is often detected through the identification of specific characteristics on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). But some rare manifestations of the disease may easily lead to misdiagnosis for other conditions. Researchers at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University in China recently presented the case of a patient who exhibited an…

Researchers at the Asahi General Hospital in Japan reported a case in which sarcoidosis caused Addison’s disease to develop, which may shed some light on this rare sarcoidosis manifestation. Their study, “Sarcoidosis Presenting Addison’s Disease,” was published in the journal Internal Medicine. Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ system…