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Chronic beryllium disease

Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) is a granulomatous, interstitial lung disease that occurs in individuals who develop beryllium sensitization (BeS), a cell-mediated immune response to environmental and occupational beryllium exposure. BeS precedes the lung disease that may present with chronic dry cough, fatigue, weight loss, chest pain, and increasing dyspnea.

Myocarditis

Inflammation of the myocardium.

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PMID (PMCID)
27379608	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Sudden unexpected death due to severe pulmonary and cardiac sarcoidosis.
	Ginelliova A, Farka D, Farkaova Iannaccone S, Vyhnalkova V. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2016;12(3):319-23.
	The diagnosis of sarcoidosis in this case was established when other causes of granulomatous disease such as tuberculosis, berylliosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and giant cell myocarditis had been reasonably excluded.