Correspondence

Sarcoidosis, Firefighters Sarcoidosis, and World Trade Center “Sarcoid-Like” Granulomatous Pulmonary Disease

To the Editor:

Dr. Izbicki and colleagues¹ are to be congratulated on their report of 26 patients with “sarcoid-like” granulomatous pulmonary disease (SLGPD) in Fire Department of New York (FDNY) World Trade Center (WTC) rescue workers. This adds to their previous descriptions of “WTC cough,” persistent airway hyperreactivity, and accelerated decline in lung function that have provided the largest share of the medical literature on WTC lung disease. All these contributions have been uniquely benefited by the