sarcoidosis
disease characterized by the growth of collections of inflammatory cells (granulomas) in multiple organs
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Summary
sarcoidosis is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. sarcoidosis ranks in the top 5% of designated intractable rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,821 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Named after: Ernest Besnier[4]
- Subclass of: type IV hypersensitivity[5]
- Commons category: Sarcoidosis[6]
- Symptoms and signs: cough[7], dyspnea[8]
- Possible treatment: ibuprofen[9], methotrexate[10]
- Prevalence: 0.0016[11]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/110[12]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Sarcoidosis[14]
- ICD-9-CM: 135[15]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34995[16]
- Health specialty: hematology[17], dermatology[18], pulmonology[19], ophthalmology[20]
- Genetic association: BTNL2[21]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11335[22], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11335[23], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_797[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[25]
Why It Matters
sarcoidosis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] sarcoidosis is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]