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Over the past several years, there have been multiple media reports of celebrities who have been living with (and succumbing to) sarcoidosis. Formerly thought to be a mysterious inflammatory lung disease, sarcoidosis has now entered the public consciousness. At one time, sarcoidosis was believed to be a rare pulmonary granulomatous disease; it is now recognized to be of higher prevalence in the African American and European (particularly Scandinavian) communities. As such, public awareness of this multisystem disease process with a variety of extrapulmonary manifestations has increased.

Dr. Lazarus and colleagues give a comprehensive overview of this once relatively obscure disease. I know that this will prove to be an important reference for years to come.