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*In lung: interstitial location.
*In lung: interstitial location.


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===Images===
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**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asteroid_body_intermed_mag.jpg Sarcoidosis - lung (WC)].
Image:Asteroid_body_intermed_mag.jpg | Sarcoidosis - lung. (WC)
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asteroid_body_very_high_mag.jpg Granulomata in sarcoidosis with asteroid bodies (WC)].
Image:Asteroid_body_very_high_mag.jpg | Granulomata in sarcoidosis with asteroid bodies. (WC)
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**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case412.html Sarcoidosis - several images (upmc.edu)].
www:
**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case517.html Neurosarcoidosis - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case412.html Sarcoidosis - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case517.html Neurosarcoidosis - several images (upmc.edu)].


==Stains==
==Stains==

Revision as of 12:52, 25 August 2013

Sarcoidosis is non-necrotizing granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. It classically associated with (pulmonary) hilar lymphadenopathy. It may be found in almost any organ, e.g. heart, appendix.

General

  • Diagnosis of exclusion - infection must be excluded.
  • Radiologic differential diagnosis includes carcinomatosis.[1]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Granulomata, well-formed, non-necrotizing.
    • Negative for microorganisms with special stains (PAS-D, GMS, AFB).
  • Usu. minimal (lymphoid) inflammation; sarcoid granulomas are known as "naked granulomas".[2]
  • In lung: interstitial location.

Images

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Stains

  • ZN -ve.
  • PASD -ve.
  • GMS -ve.

Note:

  • Done to r/o infection.

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/46b480a6e4bdc. Accessed on: 23 May 2010.
  2. Brinster, NK. (Nov 2008). "Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern-based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part II).". Adv Anat Pathol 15 (6): 350-69. doi:10.1097/PAP.0b013e31818b1ac6. PMID 18948765.