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. 2020 Apr 10;9(4):1081. doi: 10.3390/jcm9041081

Table 1.

List of organs involved in sarcoidosis.

Organ Involvement Prevalence of Organ Involvement Manifestations References
Lung involvement more than 90%
(With hilar and mediastinal lymph node)
Dry cough, wheezing, dysponea, fatigue
Acute: Pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and lymph-node
Chronic: lung fibrosis and respiratory failure
[80,81,82]
Lymph node involvement 20% of patients Peripheral lymphadenopathy, affected lymph nodes are moderately swollen, and are usually not painful. [83,84,85]
Endocrine and exocrine involvement Thyroid glands and parotid glands are usually affected in 20%–50% of cases Thyroid dysfunction (5%), Parotid enlargement (5%–10%), hypothalamic-pituitary effects (for example, diabetes insipidus), [86,87]
Skin involvement 20%–30% of patients Erythema nodosum (most common), profuse sweating, nodules, papules and plaques. [88,89]
Eye involvement more than 40% of patients pain, photophobia, and hyperaemia, sometimes associated with the Löfgren syndrome [90,91,92]
Bone involvement 1%–13% of patients Osteoporosis and osteopenia are common, Nodular lesions, cystic lesions involving the joints, arthritis and arthralgia [93,94,95]
Upper respiratory tract In most patients with systemic sarcoidosis Larynx, nasopharynx and nose are affected [96,97,98]
Renal involvement 5% Renal calculi, nephrocalcinosis, interstitial nephritis, and kidney failure [99,100]
Cardiac involvement 20%–27% of sarcoidosis Heart failure, arrhythmias, syncope [101,102]
Neurological involvement or neurosarcoidosis less than 10% of patients Facial palsy, Meningeal inflammation, encephalopathy, vasculopathy, seizures, hydrocephalus, and mass lesions [103,104]
Liver and spleen involvement 18% Hepatosplenomegaly, intrahepatic cholestasis, and portal hypertension and altered liver function [105,106,107]