Prominent examples include Coeliac disease, diabetes mellitus type 1 ( IDDM ), Sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE ), Sjögren's syndrome, Churg-Strauss Syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves ' disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Addison's Disease, rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) and allergies.

Multiple sclerosis ( neurologic pain interpreted as muscular ), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Myositis, Lupus erythematosus, Familial Mediterranean fever, Polyarteritis nodosa, Devic's disease, Morphea, Sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis ( from sarc meaning " flesh ",-oid, " like ", and-osis, " diseased or abnormal condition "), also called sarcoid, Besnier-Boeck disease or Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease, is a disease in which abnormal collections of chronic inflammatory cells ( granulomas ) form as nodules in multiple organs.

Sarcoidosis, as a systemic inflammatory disease, can affect any organ.

Sarcoidosis of the lung is primarily an interstitial lung disease in which the inflammatory process involves the alveoli, small bronchi, and small blood vessels.

Sarcoidosis has been associated with celiac disease, a condition in which a chronic reaction to certain protein chains, commonly referred to as glutens, found in some cereal grains, occurs.

Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown cause characterized by non-necrotizing (" non-caseating ") granulomas in multiple organs and body sites, most commonly the lungs and lymph nodes within the chest cavity.

Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown cause that leads to the development of granulomas in various organs.

Sarcoidosis can also follow cancer or occur concurrently with cancer.

Sarcoidosis is confused most commonly with neoplastic diseases, such as lymphoma, or with disorders characterized also by a mononuclear cell granulomatous inflammatory process, such as the mycobacterial and fungal disorders.

* Perforated septum — The reconstruction of a saddle nose caused by a ( collapsed ) perforated septum, or by autoimmune problems such as Wegener's granulomatosis, Sarcoidosis, Churg-Strauss Syndrome, Relapsing Polychondritis, by intranasal drug use, and by excessive nasal aerosol use.

Sarcoidosis may be asymptomatic or chronic.

Sarcoidosis and cancer may mimic one another, making the distinction difficult.

Sarcoidosis involves the skin in about 25 % of patients.

Sarcoidosis affecting the brain or nerves is known as neurosarcoidosis.

Sarcoidosis of the scalp presents with diffuse or patchy hair loss.

Sarcoidosis frequently causes an increase in vitamin D production outside the kidney.

Sarcoidosis has paradoxical effects on inflammatory processes ; it is characterized by increased macrophage and CD4 helper T-cell activation, resulting in accelerated inflammation, but immune response to antigen challenges such as tuberculin is suppressed.

Image: Sarcoidosis_ ( 1 ) _lymph_node_biopsy. jpg | Sarcoidosis in a lymph node

Image: Asteroid Body in Sarcoidosis. jpg | Asteroid body in sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis most commonly affects young adults of both sexes, although studies have reported more cases in females.

Sarcoidosis occurs throughout the world in all races with an average incidence of 16. 5 per 100, 000 in men and 19 per 100, 000 in women.

Sarcoidosis is less commonly reported in South America, Spain, India, Canada, and the Philippines.

Sarcoidosis is one of the few pulmonary diseases with a higher prevalence in nonsmokers.

Sarcoidosis generally does not prevent successful pregnancy and delivery ; the endogenous estrogen in pregnancy may even have a slightly beneficial immunomodulatory effect.

Differential diagnosis includes SLE, disseminated tuberculosis, lymphoma, Sarcoidosis, and viral lymphadenitis. Clinical findings sometimes may include positive results for IgM / IgG / IgA Antibodies.

Disorders that cause scarring, degeneration, or damage to the conduction system can cause sick sinus syndrome, including sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Chagas ' disease, and cardiomyopathies.

Longterm complications of hemodialysis include amyloidosis, neuropathy and various forms of heart disease.

He suffered from amyloidosis, a rare disease that attacks the internal organs.

Guillain – Barré syndrome, Lyme disease ), liver disease, endocrine disease ( including diabetes with diabetic and pre-diabetic neuropathy ), amyloidosis, genetic disorders, motor neuron disorders, motor neuropathies, kidney failure, paraneoplastic, polio, porphyria ( some types ), spinal muscular atrophy, catecholamine disorders, psychological disorders and many others.

After her abrupt death on Sept. 5, 1991, of a disease called amyloidosis, Don took up golf at 57.

The amyloid material is only found in the brain and as such the disease is not related to other forms of amyloidosis.

More specialized tests can be ordered to discover or link certain systemic diseases to kidney failure such as hepatitis B or hepatitis C, lupus serologies, paraproteinemias such as amyloidosis or multiple myeloma or various other systemic diseases that lead to kidney failure.

Systemic diseases such as amyloidosis and sarcoidosis can also lead to osteoporosis.

Renal amyloidosis can occur as a consequence of chronic inflammation.

As such, it can be caused by as diverse an array of conditions as myocardial infarction ( in which the heart muscle is starved of oxygen and dies ), hypertension ( which increases the force of contraction needed to pump blood ) and amyloidosis ( in which protein is deposited in the heart muscle, causing it to stiffen ).

Myocytes and their components can be damaged by inflammation ( such as in myocarditis ) or by infiltration ( such as in amyloidosis ).

Other forms are due to different diseases causing overabundant or abnormal protein production-such as with overproduction of immunoglobulin light chains in multiple myeloma ( termed AL amyloidosis ), or with continuous overproduction of acute phase proteins in chronic inflammation ( which can lead to AA amyloidosis ).

Beta-2-M amyloidosis can cause very serious complications, including spondyloarthropathy, and often is associated with shoulder joint problems.

A nerve biopsy can lead to the discovery of necrotizing vasculitis, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, leprosy, metabolic neuropathies, inflammation of the nerve, loss of axon tissue, and demyelination.

Furthermore, inflammation-related proteins can accumulate in organs and cause the condition AA amyloidosis.

In the pathologic condition amyloidosis, amyloid deposits ( i. e., deposits that stain like starch, but are not ) can be so abundant that affected organs will also stain grossly positive for the Lugol reaction for starch.