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Sarcoidosis
What are the causes?
Diagnosis is usually by exclusion as the cause has not yet been identified.
Sarcoid granulomas result from chronic inflammation. The acute inflammatory response to an infection is usually beneficial, walling off the infection in order to contain and destroy it. If the infection persists despite the body's response, then the chronic build up of inflammatory cells may lead to granuloma formation. An example of this is Tuberculosis. It must be stressed that although sarcoid granulomas look like a response to chronic infection, no causative germ or virus has been found.
What are the symptoms?
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