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. 2022 Mar 2;6(3):e31615. doi: 10.2196/31615

Table 2.

Contingency 2×2 table of using histopathology reports compared with high index of suspicion for sarcoidosis cases identification (N=200).

Among patients with International Classification of Diseases code for sarcoidosis High index of suspiciona (chart review)

Yes No Total
Histopathology reportb

Confirmed sarcoidosis 142c 0d 142

Not availablee 16f 42g 58

Total 158 42 200

aHigh index of suspicion for sarcoidosis based on both clinical and radiographic evidence but not biopsy.

bAvailable biopsies with primary or secondary histopathological reports.

cSarcoidosis group with histopathological evidence of nonnecrotizing granuloma.

dNo sarcoidosis group because of lack of sufficient clinical and radiological features consistent with sarcoidosis even in the presence of the histopathological evidence of nonnecrotizing granuloma.

eNo biopsies were ordered or available in the electronic medical record.

fProbable sarcoidosis group without histopathological evidence of nonnecrotizing granuloma.

gNo sarcoidosis group because of lack of sufficient clinical and radiological features consistent with sarcoidosis, in addition to the absence of the histopathological evidence of nonnecrotizing granuloma.