Catalog

Respiratory disorders in early-onset sarcoidosis

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Link to WHO Definition

Respiratory disorders in early-onset sarcoidosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1398255472

This encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing. This diagnosis is in the early-onset of a syndrome involving abnormal collections of chronic inflammatory cells (granulomas) that can form as nodules in multiple organs.