tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12660458.post116345266674055492..comments2023-09-01T10:33:09.297-04:00Comments on Pulmonary Roundtable: Sarcoidosis and weight lossUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12660458.post-1163519225336653612006-11-14T10:47:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:47:00.000-05:00Tough call.Can we safely assume that you have no o...Tough call.<BR/>Can we safely assume that you have no other reason to treat (Cardiac disease, hypercalcemia, ocular disease, etc)?<BR/><BR/>Can we also assume that this individual has had an age appropriate malignancy screening?<BR/><BR/>If yes to both, I suppose a short course of steroids would be reasonable. The patient probably has excess cytokines that cause weight loss and they may me "turned off" with prednisone for a few weeks.<BR/><BR/>This has certainly been described before:<BR/><BR/>Drent M et al. Eur Respir J. 1999 Apr;13(4):718-22.Click here to readMike Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177750268091750583noreply@blogger.com