In rare cases, cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) can lead to heart failure — although this risk is not often considered by physicians unaccustomed to seeing it. Sarcoidosis patients with cardiac involvement, however, have an overall worse prognosis than those without it, according to a study published in  the journal Heart Failure Reviews. Drawing on a case…

A case study of a woman, with both breast cancer and sarcoidosis in her breast lymph nodes, highlights the difficulties in distinguishing between these two conditions. The report, “Sarcoidosis imitating breast cancer metastasis: a case report and literature review,” published in the journal Cancer Biology & Medicine, also again calls attention to an apparent…

Researchers recently linked pulmonary sarcoidosis to a receptor activated during certain infections that may contribute to disease development via the release of an inflammatory factor in immune cells. The study, “Functional Toll-Like Receptor 9 Expression and CXCR3 Ligand Release in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis,” was published in the American Journal…

Sarcoidosis patients may develop pulmonary hypertension that leads to severe heart complications, according to a study published in the journal Case Reports in Cardiology. In the study, “Multifactorial Etiology Pulmonary Hypertension In A Patient With Sarcoidosis,” researchers described a case of pulmonary sarcoidosis, heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension (PH) that…

Endobronchial sarcoidosis can cause diffuse bronchiectasis, as demonstrated in a recently presented case report of a 50-year-old patient. To cover for the possibility that bronchiectasis was caused by endobronchial sarcoidosis, a research team suggested that a bronchoscopy and a tissue sample from inside a bronchus should be included in bronchiectasis…

Patients receiving treatment for HIV infection may develop sarcoidosis, according to a new study published in the journal Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. In the study, “Pulmonary Tuberculosis Followed By Sarcoidosis In An HIV-Infected Patient: A Case Report And A Simplified Diagnostic Flowchart For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Sarcoidosis,” researchers reported the…

Aging and a lack of devices addressing heart problems, mainly pacemakers or defibrillators, were identified as risk factors for higher mortality in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis. The study, “Cardiac sarcoidosis: the impact of age and implanted devices on survival,” was published in the journal CHEST. “Cardiac sarcoidosis is a…

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.

Genes that have been linked to the likelihood of developing sarcoidosis may not necessarily be associated with disease course, according to a study conducted in Portugal, which also points to other genes that may help to predict a patient’s outcome. The study, “Associations Between Sarcoidosis Clinical Course And ANXA11 Rs1049550 C/T, BTNL2 Rs2076530 G/A,…