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Descriptor English: Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
Descriptor Spanish: Sarcoidosis Pulmonar
Descriptor sarcoidosis pulmonar
Scope note: Sarcoidosis que afecta predominantemente a los pulmones, el sitio más frecuentemente afectado y que causa mayor morbilidad y mortalidad en esta enfermedad. La sarcoidosis pulmonar se caracteriza por granulomas muy bien circunscritos en las paredes alveolares, bronquiales y vasculares, compuestos por células densamente empaquetadas, derivadas del sistema mononuclear fagocítico. Los síntomas clínicos, cuando existen, son disnea de esfuerzo, tos no productiva y sibilancias. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p431)
Descriptor Portuguese: Sarcoidose Pulmonar
Descriptor French: Sarcoïdose pulmonaire
Entry term(s): Pulmonary Sarcoidoses
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidoses, Pulmonary
Tree number(s): C08.381.483.725
C15.604.515.827.725
C20.543.418.575.725
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017565
Scope note: Sarcoidosis affecting predominantly the lungs, the site most frequently involved and most commonly causing morbidity and mortality in sarcoidosis. Pulmonary sarcoidosis is characterized by sharply circumscribed granulomas in the alveolar, bronchial, and vascular walls, composed of tightly packed cells derived from the mononuclear phagocyte system. The clinical symptoms when present are dyspnea upon exertion, nonproductive cough, and wheezing. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p431)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Lung Diseases (1966-1993)
Sarcoidosis (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Entry Version: SARCOIDOSIS PULM
DeCS ID: 31059
Unique ID: D017565
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/03/03
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary - Preferred
Concept UI M0026628
Scope note Sarcoidosis affecting predominantly the lungs, the site most frequently involved and most commonly causing morbidity and mortality in sarcoidosis. Pulmonary sarcoidosis is characterized by sharply circumscribed granulomas in the alveolar, bronchial, and vascular walls, composed of tightly packed cells derived from the mononuclear phagocyte system. The clinical symptoms when present are dyspnea upon exertion, nonproductive cough, and wheezing. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p431)
Preferred term Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
Entry term(s) Pulmonary Sarcoidoses
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidoses, Pulmonary



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