[The frequency and course of fibrotic changes in patients with sarcoidosis]

Pneumonol Pol. 1989 Feb;57(2):100-3.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Basing on observations of 960 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis the authors found fibrotic changes of pulmonary parenchyma in only a few, the incidence being 3.2. Improvement in radiological examination following steroid therapy was seen in 50%, of respiratory function in 30%. Although both examinations do not fully correlate with each other, they are however supplementary with each other, and should be regarded as important criteria of functional involvement and therapy outcome.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / epidemiology
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology*
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology*