When was sarcoidosis discovered?
What causes sarcoidosis?
Who gets sarcoidosis?
Does sarcoidosis occur outside of the lung?
How do you get sarcoidosis?

When was sarcoidosis discovered?

There has been an awareness of sarcoidosis for more than 100 years since it was first described by a London surgeon-dermatologist, Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson in 1877. The doctor described the findings of a 50 year-old man who had large purple skin plaques on the hands and feet and a 64-year-old woman with large purple patches on her face and arms.

In 1889, a Norwegian dermatologist Dr. Cesar Boeck named the process "multiple benign sarcoid of the skin". He also showed that many patients also had sarcoid in the lymph nodes and lungs.

In 1958, scientists from all over the world met at the Brompton Hospital in London for a conference about sarcoidosis. Since then there has been a yearly international sarcoidosis conference. There is a scientific journal for sarcoidosis. The search for the cause and the search for new treatments continue at an intense pace.