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Is chronic beryllium disease sarcoidosis of known etiology?
Milton D Rossman1, Mary Elizabeth Kreider
1Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160, USA. rossmanm@mail.med.upenn.edu
Abstract:
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatosis that predominantly affects the lungs and is of unknown etiology. Chronic beryllium disease is a granulomatosis that predominantly affects the lungs and is due to a hypersensitivity response to beryllium. Similarities and differences between these two disorders are reviewed and lessons for both sarcoidosis and chronic beryllium disease are discussed.