Sarcoidosis summarised:: The pnemonic is SARCOIDOSIS. S - Schaumann calcifications A - asteroid bodies/ ACE increase/ anergy R - respiratory complications/ renal calculi/ restrictive lung disease/ restrictive cardiomyopathy C - calcium increase in serum and urine/ CD4 helper cells O - ocular lesions I - immune mediated non caseating granulomas D - diabetes insipidus/ dyspnea O - osteopathy S - skin , subcutaneous nodules, erythema nodosum I - interstitial lung disease / IL 1 S - seventh cranial nerve palsy.
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