[A clinicopathologic analysis of 70 cases of sarcoidosis]

A clinicopathological analysis of 70 cases of sarcoidosis was reported. Among the 70 cases, 4 were intrathoracic, 42 were extrathoracic and 24 were both intrathoracic and extrathoracic lesions. Definite diagnosis was made with biopsy in 69 cases and autopsy in one. It is shown that sarcoidosis might involve the skin, mucosa, muscle, lymph nodes of all sites, eyes, lacrymal glands, parotid and submaxillary glands, tonsils, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, brain, bones etc. It is also worthy to note that most cases with extrathoracic sarcoidosis were either wrongly diagnosed or missed.