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G Tchernev1, A A Chokoeva2, C Tana3
1Policlinic for Dermatology and Venerology, University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Abstract:
Differentiation between sarcoidosis and sarcoid type reactions at the present time remains problematic, if not impossible. Criteria for clinical behavior and/or a systematic diagnostic approach in cases of proven epithelioid cell granulomas in lesional tissue do not currently exist. This is probably the main reason for chronicity of the sarcoid-type reactions within a specific disease or for their progression with the application of incorrect therapy. The refinement of the diagnostic criteria and the classification of both conditions remain objects of further consideration. We present a model for recommendations for an optimal diagnostic approach in patients with epitheloid cell granulomas, aiming to facilitate the differentiation between sarcoidosis and sarcoid type reactions, hopefully leading to optimization of subsequent therapy.
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