[The thyroid gland in patients with sarcoidosis].

The paper analyzes the functional and morphofunctional status of the thyroid in 33 patients with sarcoidosis in relation to the duration and severity of the disease. The levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone and thyroxin-binding globulin have been found to increase greatly in patients with recurrent sarcoidosis, while the levels of T3 and T4 largely decrease early in the disease. An attempt was made to associate the increased serum prolactin levels with the presence of central neurological symptomatology in patients with the involvement of brain hypothalamohypophyseal regions in the granulomatous process of the brain, which requires early glucocorticoidal therapy.