A Cross Sectional Study on Clinical and Radiological Profile of Sarcoidosis in a Tertiary Care Center in India
Abstract
Introduction:Sarcoidosis is a global disease found in almost all continents. It is a multi-system disorder of unknown aetiology. sarcoidosis can involve almost all organs of body but lungs and the lymphatics are the common sites. Current study was done to study the clinicoradiological Profile of sarcoidosis in a tertiary care centre. Material and Methods:-. This was a cross sectional observational study, includes 56 patients diagnosed to have sarcoidosis in department of pulmonary medicine in lilavati hospital and research centre, Bandra, Mumbai during the period 2015-2017 Results:Average age of sarcoidosis was 46.07± 6.06 years, females comprised 64.28% of the patients. Before coming to our department, 42.9% patients had been misdiagnosed to have TB. Cough (85.7%) was the most common presenting symptom; end inspiratory crepitations was seen in 50% patients. Cutaneous involvement were rarely seen. Pulmonary function testing showed restriction in 21.42% patients. The most common radiological feature was bilaterally symmetrical hilar lymphadenopathy. Conclusions:Sarcoidosis has clinical, radiological and serological manifestations which can vary. In developing countries with high prevalence of TB, like India, sarcoidosis is often misdiagnosed as TB. Hence, patients having chronic cough, bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy with or without infiltrates should be investigated for sarcoidosis.
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