Premature Death Rates Among Black Women With Sarcoidosis
A new study conducted by researchers from Boston University has found that sarcoidosis accounts for 25 percent of all deaths among women in the Black Women's Health Study who have the disease. The study is the largest epidemiologic study to date to specifically address mortality in black females with sarcoidosis. Results of the study were presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco. The exact cause of sarcoidosis, which causes inflammation in the lungs, lymph nodes, liver, skin and other tissues, are unknown... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
[Elastofibroma dorsi: an unusual cause of shoulder pain]
CONCLUSION: Even though ED is a rare clinic entity, it should be recalled while evaluating shoulder pathologies. Marginal excision is adequate for the treatment of patients with sustaining complaints.
PMID: 19881325 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica)
