Author/Editor		Diab, SM; Karnik, AM; Ouda, BA; Denath, FM; Fettich, J; Francis, IM
Title		Sarcoidosis in Arabs
Type		članek
Source		Sarcoidosis
Vol. and No.		Letnik 8, št. 1
Publication year		1991
Volume		str. 56-62
Language		eng
Abstract		Sarcoidosis is being increasingly recognised in Kuwait. Twenty patients were studied over three years and the clinical, biochemical and radiological data were analysed. The clinical profile revealed thoracic involvement in all the patients as well as constitutional symptoms (50 pct), arthralgia (55 pct), arthritis (15 pct), chest infection (35 pct), tuberculosis (10 pct), hypercalcaemia (5 pct), angina (15 pct) and hypertension (20 pct). None had central nervous system manifestations. Other clinical signs were erythema nodosum (25 pct), hepatomegaly (30 pct), splenomegaly (15 pct) and chest signs (25 pct), together with salivary gland (15 pct), skin (15 pct), eye (15 pct), and cardiac involvement (5 pct). The tuberculin test was negative and all those tested. The patients were classified radiologicall into stage I (55 pct), stage II (40 pct) and stage III ( pct) of the disease. The clinical profile was similar to the Western pattern of the disease, but there were several differences including an older age group, more frequent constitutional symptoms, the rarity of ocular and central nervous system involvement, and initial presentation as a chest infection. Therapy with steroids alone or steroids and azathioprine was used when appropriate and the response to therapy monitored.
Descriptors		LUNG DISEASES SARCOIDOSIS ADULT MIDDLE AGE KUWAIT LUNG DISEASES SARCOIDOSIS