British Thoracic Society Sarcoidosis study: effects of long term corticosteroid treatment.

Abstract

After excluding those individuals who required steroids for control of symptoms, approximately half of the remaining patients with sarcoidosis and pulmonary shadowing showed spontaneous radiographic improvement during six months of observation. In those in whom the radiograph failed to improve, prolonged steroid treatment with the aim of optimising radiographic appearances resulted in a significantly better long term functional outcome.