Imaging of Pediatric Sarcoidosis

Targeted CE per ARRT’s Discipline, Category, and Subcategory classification for enrollments starting after February 10, 2026:
[Note: Discipline-specific Targeted CE credits may be less than the total Category A credits approved for this course.]

Computed Tomography: 2.25
Procedures: 2.25
Head, Spine, and Musculoskeletal: 0.75
Neck and Chest: 0.75
Abdomen and Pelvis: 0.75

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: 2.25
Procedures: 2.25
Neurological: 0.75
Body: 0.75
Musculoskeletal: 0.75

Nuclear Medicine Technology: 0.75
Procedures: 0.75
Other Imaging Procedures: 0.75

Radiography: 0.75
Procedures: 0.75
Head, Spine and Pelvis Procedures: 0.25
Thorax and Abdomen Procedures: 0.25
Extremity Procedures: 0.25

Registered Radiologist Assistant: 2.25
Procedures: 2.25
Abdominal Section: 0.50
Thoracic Section: 0.75
Musculoskeletal and Endocrine Sections: 0.50
Neurological, Vascular, and Lymphatic Sections: 0.50

Sonography: 0.75
Procedures: 0.75
Superficial Structures and Other Sonographic Procedures: 0.75

Outline

1. Introduction
2. Histopathology and Pathogenesis
3. Clinical Features
4. Diagnosis
5. Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
6. Cardiac Sarcoidosis
7. Abdominal Sarcoidosis
8. Neurosarcoidosis
9. Head and Neck Sarcoidosis
10. Musculoskeletal Sarcoidosis
11. Conclusion

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will:

1. understand the classic radiologic finding in sarcoidosis
2. know the prevalence of sarcoidosis in black children
3. be familiar with the genetic risk factor for sarcoidosis
4. be familiar with the most common radiologic manifestations of sarcoidosis in both children and adults
5. be familiar with common findings in pediatric sarcoidosis
6. recognize the histologic hallmark of sarcoidosis
7. understand the main treatment for childhood sarcoidosis
8. be familiar with the laboratory findings commonly associate with pediatric sarcoidosis
9. be familiar with the first step in the diagnostic workup of pediatric sarcoidosis
10. knowthe percentage of pediatric patients that will have normal chest radiographs at the time of diagnosis
11. be familiar with conditions of tuberculosis
12. identify the most common cause of mediastinal mass in children that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis
13. be familiar with common location for perilymphatic micronodules with pulmonary sarcoidosis
14. be familiar with the rare, atypical findings in sarcoidosis that have never been reported in children with the disease
15. recognize the limitations of MRI when dealing with parenchymal nodules less than 3 mm
16. be familiar with the definitive diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis
17. know the most common site of extrapulmonary involvement in pediatric sarcoidosis
18. identify the most commonly used imaging technique for assessing hepatic and splenic involvement in pediatric sarcoidosis
19. understand the limitations of using CT due to radiation exposure in pediatric patients
20. identify the most commonly involved organ in gastrointestinal sarcoidosis
21. know how renal sarcoidosis manifests in children
22. be familiar with the most common clinical presentation of neurosarcoidosis in prepubertal children
23. know in what part of the brain neurosarcoidosis in children manifests
24. recognize the thickening and enhancement of the infundibulum on MRI in pediatric neurosarcoidosis
25. be familiar with the most common manifestation of orbital involvement in pediatric sarcoidosis
26. understand the clinical symptom that may accompany parotid involvement in pediatric sarcoidosis
27. be familiar with where bone lesions are most frequently found in patients with sarcoidosis
28. know the principal consideration in the differential diagnosis of nodular sar-coid myopathy