ABSTRACT

A total of 34 patients with sarcoidosis diagnosed and followed-up between 2002 and 2007 were retrospectively investigated. Of the patients 9 (26.4%) were female and 25 (73.5%) were male. The most common complaints were dyspnea (58.8%), cough (47.1%) and chest pain (29%). Of all the patients 8 (23.5%) were in stage I, 23 (67.6%) in stage II and 3 (8.8%) in stage III. Eighteen patients (52.9%), 9 patients (26.4%), 4 patients (11.7%), 2 patients (5.8%) and one patient (2.9%) were diagnosed with transbronchial lung biopsy, mediastinoscopy and lymph node biopsy, transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy, open lung biopsy, and clinically, respectively. Erythema nodosum in 4 patients (11.7%), nephrolithiasis in 3 patients (8.82%), liver involvement in 1 patient (2.94%) and ocular involvement in 1 patient (2.94%) were detected as extrapulmoner manifestations. Atypical parenchymal radiological findings were detected in 6 (17.6%) of the patients, and the indication of systemic steroid treatment was determined in 18 (52.9%) of the patients. Our results in patients with sarcoidosis were in accordance with the literature findings, most of the patients were diagnosed with transbronchial lung biopsy and mediastinoscopy, and atypical radiological findings were detected in a significant extent.