Sarcoidosis

...had been hospitalized for about a week. A few years ago, Mr. Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs. However, his reps claimed early on that the...

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...Hospital, according to his spokeswoman. A few years ago, Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs. The comic born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough...

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By Nikhil Swaminathan MEDICAL MYSTERY: For 25 years, Bernie Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, a poorly understood disease that typically affects the lungs and may have played a role in his untimely death. AP PHOTO/CHRIS PIZZELLO

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...Never Cry Again. In February 2005, Mac, then 47, revealed that for the previous two decades he had suffered from sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in organs such as the lungs or lymph nodes. "It has not altered...

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...on, I kind of knew," Childress told The Associated Press. Mac also suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease, but he had said the condition went into remission in 2005. His publicist, Danica Smith, has said the pneumonia was...

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...Smith, said in Los Angeles. The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body's organs, but had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He was recently treated in...

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Newsweek.com Fearless: Mac's comedy was outrageous, yet rooted in family Remembering comedian Bernie Mac, who died Saturday from complications of sarcoidosis. Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link. Bernard...

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...expected in weeks. Mac, who had been nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for his performances, had suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body's organs. He had said the the...

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..."responding well to treatment." Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease that can affect any body organ, per the Mayo Clinic's website, but that Mac revealed in 2005 had taken root in his lungs. According to Smith, the pneumonia...

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