32-year-old Woman in Medicine / Internal Medicine — 32yo Woman | Respiratory / Pulmonology | SMLE Q#17634

SMLE Question #17634

Medicine / Internal Medicine Respiratory / Pulmonology

Objective: OBJ-123

Last updated: February 2026
A 32-year-old woman is incidentally found to have bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy on a pre-employment chest radiograph. She denies cough, dyspnea, chest pain, fever, weight loss, or night sweats. Physical examination is unremarkable, and spirometry is normal. A pulmonologist suspects stage I pulmonary sarcoidosis. Which statement best describes the typical clinical course of stage I sarcoidosis?

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