Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options

Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options

Patients with sarcoidosis who fail to improve on corticosteroids pose a therapeutic challenge for clinicians, because there is a lack of consensus guidelines to manage these patients with other therapeutic options. Herein, we report one such patient with severe progressive sarcoidosis and review the...

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Main Authors: Rahul Khera, Rahul K Sharma, Deepak Prajapat, Deepak Talwar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Subjects:
Antimetabolites
biologicals
corticosteroids
immunomodulator therapy
severe sarcoidosis
Online Access:http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2018;volume=6;issue=1;spage=34;epage=37;aulast=Khera
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spelling doaj-f41c9739d8d049a6a03b590a887750af2020-11-25T01:29:26ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians2320-87752320-90892018-01-0161343710.4103/jacp.jacp_11_17Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic OptionsRahul KheraRahul K SharmaDeepak PrajapatDeepak TalwarPatients with sarcoidosis who fail to improve on corticosteroids pose a therapeutic challenge for clinicians, because there is a lack of consensus guidelines to manage these patients with other therapeutic options. Herein, we report one such patient with severe progressive sarcoidosis and review the alternative treatment options in patients with sarcoidosis who progress over corticosteroid therapy.http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2018;volume=6;issue=1;spage=34;epage=37;aulast=KheraAntimetabolitesbiologicalscorticosteroidsimmunomodulator therapysevere sarcoidosis
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author Rahul Khera
Rahul K Sharma
Deepak Prajapat
Deepak Talwar
spellingShingle Rahul Khera
Rahul K Sharma
Deepak Prajapat
Deepak Talwar
Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options
The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Antimetabolites
biologicals
corticosteroids
immunomodulator therapy
severe sarcoidosis
author_facet Rahul Khera
Rahul K Sharma
Deepak Prajapat
Deepak Talwar
author_sort Rahul Khera
title Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options
title_short Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options
title_full Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options
title_fullStr Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options
title_full_unstemmed Severe Refractory Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Case Report and a Review of Newer Therapeutic Options
title_sort severe refractory pulmonary sarcoidosis: case report and a review of newer therapeutic options
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
issn 2320-8775
2320-9089
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Patients with sarcoidosis who fail to improve on corticosteroids pose a therapeutic challenge for clinicians, because there is a lack of consensus guidelines to manage these patients with other therapeutic options. Herein, we report one such patient with severe progressive sarcoidosis and review the alternative treatment options in patients with sarcoidosis who progress over corticosteroid therapy.
topic Antimetabolites
biologicals
corticosteroids
immunomodulator therapy
severe sarcoidosis
url http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2018;volume=6;issue=1;spage=34;epage=37;aulast=Khera
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