Sarcoidosis in north African people: About 35 cases
Rahma Gargouri, Wafa Fenina, Mohamed Al Juaidi, Walid Feki, Hela Fendri, Sameh Msaed, Nedia Moussa, Zeineb Mnif, Samy Kammoun · 2024
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Rahma Gargouri and co-authors describe sarcoidosis cases in North African patients in this 2024 study. Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown cause that forms small inflammatory lumps, mostly in the lungs and chest glands. Its course ranges from mild to life-threatening, and regional data were limited.
The team reviewed records of 35 patients with confirmed chest sarcoidosis seen from 2002 to 2022. The mean age was about 57, and women strongly outnumbered men. Breathlessness and dry cough were the top symptoms. Scans most often showed tiny nodules and swollen chest glands. About a third had stiff-lung test results, and 60 percent started on steroid pills. The paper profiles how the disease presents in this group.
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| CREATOR | Rahma Gargouri, Wafa Fenina, Mohamed Al Juaidi, Walid Feki, Hela Fendri, Sameh Msaed, Nedia Moussa, Zeineb Mnif, Samy Kammoun |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |