TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Arthritis In Sarcoidosis
A1  - Yazdany, Jinoos
A1  - Manno, Rebecca L.
A2  - Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2  - McPhee, Stephen J.
A2  - Rabow, Michael W.
A2  - McQuaid, Kenneth R.
Y1  - 2022
N1  - 
T2  - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
AB  - The  frequency  of  arthritis  among  patients  with  sarcoidosis  is  variously  reported  between  10%  and  35%.  It  is  usually  acute  in  onset,  but  articular  symptoms  may  appear  insidiously  and  often  antedate  other  manifestations  of  the  disease.  Knees  and  ankles  are  most  commonly  involved,  but  any  joint  may  be  affected.  Distribution  of  joint  involvement  is  usually  polyarticular  and  symmetric.  The  arthritis  is  commonly  self-limited,  resolving  after  several  weeks  or  months  and  rarely  resulting  in  chronic  arthritis,  joint  destruction,  or  significant  deformity.  Sarcoid  arthropathy  is  often  associated  with  erythema  nodosum,  but  the  diagnosis  is  contingent  on  the  demonstration  of  other  extra-articular  manifestations  of  sarcoidosis  and,  notably,  biopsy  evidence  of  noncaseating  granulomas.  Despite  the  clinical  appearance  of  an  inflammatory  arthritis,  synovial  fluid  often  is  noninflammatory  (ie,  less  than  2000  leukocytes/mcL  [2.0  ×  109/L]).  In  chronic  arthritis,  radiographs  show  typical  changes  in  the  bones  of  the  extremities  with  intact  cortex  and  cystic  changes.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184193633
ER  -