[X-ray criteria for assessing the activity of lung sarcoidosis at follow-up]

The results of comprehensive X-ray findings in 300 patients with different clinical and X-ray forms of respiratory sarcoidosis who had been registered to be followed up at the Consulting Outpatient Department, Central Research Institute of Tuberculosis Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, were analyzed. The follow-up lasted 3 to 20 years. X-ray study heads the list of the most informative techniques for assessing the activity of sarcoidosis. The time of following up patients with sarcoidosis in dispensary registration groups is recommended in accordance with the recommendations of the sarcoidosis Consensus Commission. X-ray criteria for stabilization of the disease and the optimum methodological complex of radiation diagnosis are defined.