Primary Care

Sarcoidosis

Questions discussed in this category

What is your approach to the management of Bell's palsy that has not improved after six months?

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Is there a role for the use of transient elastography (FibroScan) to monitor liver fibrosis in patients on long term methotrexate?

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How do you approach medication management in biopsy-proven pulmonary sarcoidosis with disease stable for over 2 years on hydroxychloroquine and low dose prednisone?

Do you discontinue HCQ?

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What is your approach to tapering therapy in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis who are asymptomatic with stable pulmonary function and imaging?

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Do you consider skin involvement associated with tattoos to be a marker of disease activity and an indication to start treatment in a patient with sarcoidosis?

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How do you approach treating and monitoring sarcoidosis manifested by maxillary bone/teeth loss without other symptoms?

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What is your approach for disease activity monitoring in patients with sarcoidosis?

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In a patient with neurosarcoidosis who required infliximab for initially refractory symptoms but is now stable, how do you decide on the optimal time to de-escalate therapy?

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How do you approach treating mild hypercalcemia in patients with sarcoidosis?

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How do you manage calcium and vitamin D supplementation in patients with sarcoidosis on chronic steroids?

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Papers discussed in this category

Respir Med, 2012 Apr 09

The treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med,

Statement on sarcoidosis. Joint Statement of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG) adopted by the ATS Board of Directors and by the ERS Executive Committee, February 1999.

AACE Clin Case Rep, 2020 Aug 06

METHOTREXATE TREATMENT FOR SARCOIDOSIS-INDUCED HYPERCALCEMIA.

Am J Med, 1987 Jun

Hydroxychloroquine treatment of hypercalcemia in a patient with sarcoidosis undergoing hemodialysis.

Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis, 2012 Mar

Hypercalcemia from sarcoidosis successfully treated with infliximab.

Arch Osteoporos, 2017 Jul 19

Glucocorticoid sparing effect of zoledronic acid in sarcoid hypercalcemia.

BMJ Case Rep, 2022 Jul 08

Hungry bone syndrome like presentation following single-dose denosumab for hypercalcaemia secondary to sarcoidosis with IgA nephropathy.

Arthritis Res Ther, 2014 Mar 24

Bone fragility in sarcoidosis and relationships with calcium metabolism disorders: a cross sectional study on 142 patients.

Neurology, 2017-11-14

Infliximab for the treatment of CNS sarcoidosis: A multi-institutional series.

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, 2020 Jul 27

Infliximab treatment in pathology-confirmed neurosarcoidosis.

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