Symptomatic muscular sarcoidosis: Lessons from a nationwide multicenter study

Fleur Cohen Aubart1, Salam Abbara1, Thierry Maisonobe1

  • 1AP-HP (F.C.A., S.A, J.H., A.M., M.P., Z.A), Service de Médecine Interne 2, Institut e3m, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Centre National de Référence Maladies Systémiques Rares, Lupus, Syndrome des anticorps antiphospholipides; Université Paris VI (F.C.A., J.H., O.B.), UPMC, Sorbonnes Universités; AP-HP (T.M.), Département de neurophysiologie et de neuropathologie, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Service de Pneumologie (V.C.), Centre des maladies pulmonaires rares, Lyon; AP-HP (T.P.), Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Bichat; AP-HP (L.G., B.H., O.B., Z.A.), Service de Médecine Interne et immunologie clinique, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; AP-HP (M.S.), Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny; Service de Médecine Interne (P.M.), CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux; AP-HP (H.N., D.V.), Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France.

Summary

This study identified four distinct patterns of granulomatous myositis in muscular sarcoidosis patients. These patterns vary in clinical presentation, severity, and treatment response, impacting the overall sarcoidosis phenotype.

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