Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Parotid gland involvement is a well-recognized extrathoracic feature of sarcoidosis.However, data on the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of parotid gland disease in sarcoidosis are limited.This study describes the epidemiologic features of parotid gland involvement in sarcoidosis, with an emphasis on clinical characteristics, in a geographically welldefined population.Methods | A cohort of Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents diagnosed with sarcoidosis between January 1, 1976, and December 31, 2013, was identified using the resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project. 1 Potential cases were screened from diagnostic codes related to sarcoidosis.Diagnoses of sarcoidosis and parotid gland involvement were then confirmed by review of individual medical records.Cases included were pulmonary sarcoidosis with parotid gland involvement and isolated parotid gland sarcoidosis without intrathoracic disease.Diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis required physician diagnosis supported by histo-
Institution: Mayo Clinic
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2300257705