Özge Özkaya, PhD,  —

Closely monitoring the effect of steroid treatment in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis can help detect any resistance that may develop against the treatment and help doctors identify patients who might need increased doses of immunosuppressive therapy. Cardiac sarcoidosis, or sarcoidosis of the heart, is a medical…

The bacteria causing tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) is also involved in sarcoidosis, confirms a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Enbrel (etanercept), could be a treatment option for patients who develop sarcoid-like reactions following treatment with other tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-⍺) inhibitors, according to a study published in the journal Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie.

Inflammation of the heart muscle caused by sarcoidosis is associated with abnormal circulation in the arteries surrounding and supplying blood to the heart, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Researchers from China identified five genes that might be implicated in the development of pulmonary sarcoidosis through interactions with each other. According to the authors, this finding, which was published in the scientific journal Gene, offers new insights into the initial cause of pulmonary sarcoidosis, and lays the foundation for…

Sarcoidosis should be considered in patients whose blood calcium levels are above normal according to a case study published in the medical journal Pediatric Rheumatology.

A case study reported in the Spanish journal Rheumatología Clínica suggests that sarcoidosis should be kept in mind in patients who present with an electrolyte imbalance in their blood.

Women tend to develop sarcoidosis when they are older and tend to have more uveitis, or eye inflammation and cutaneous involvement compared to men, according to a retrospective study conducted on people diagnosed with the disease between 1976 and 2013.

Sarcoidosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis in case of nail lesions, according to a study published in the journal Skin Appendage Disorders, where researchers from São Paulo in Brazil report the case of two patients. This would allow an early diagnosis of systemic sarcoidosis.

There is a difference in the composition of microorganisms in the respiratory tract of people with sarcoidosis and that of healthy individuals according to a study conducted by Polish scientists. The authors of the study suggest that this may be a factor contributing to an increased colonization of the airways by opportunistic pathogenic bacteria.