This grand overview of granulomas will leave you comfortable tackling an often breathtaking disease, sarcoidosis. Listen as our esteemed guests Dr. Mary Beth Scholand (University of Utah) and Dr. Jonathan Boltax (University of Utah) rheum-inate on sarcoidosis. We discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this disease, role of the primary care clinician and why sarcoidosis in the chart reminds Paul of Shakespeare.

Credits

Producer: Cyrus Askin MD and Deborah Gorth
Writer: Deborah Gorth
Infographic and Cover art: Edison Jyang
Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Editor: Cyrus Askin MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Drs. Mary Beth Scholand & Jonathan Boltax

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Time Stamps

00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio, Awful(ly good?) Pun
03:42 Guest one-liners
06:28 Sponsor - ACP’s MKSAP19
07:40 Case from Kashlak
08:40 Explaining sarcoidosis
12:19 Possible drivers of sarcoidosis
13:30 Taking a sarcoidosis history
17:26 Suggestions for catching sarcoidosis
21:44 Sponsor - birchliving.com/curb
23:52 Sarcoidosis physical exam, Diagnosis
33:00 Lofgren’s and Heerfordt’s syndromes; Imaging for sarcoidosis
40:44 Initiating therapy for sarcoidosis; Prognosis; the Treatment team
51:23 Primary care considerations for sarcoidosis
54:55 Diagnosing and treating a sarcoidosis exacerbation
61:20 Take home points and outro

#256 Sarcoidosis

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast