Objective To explore the common reason for misdiagnosis of sarcoidosis to increase the diagnosis rate of sarcoidosis and reduce misdiagnosis rate.Methods Analyze clinical manifestation and misdiagnosis reason retrospectively of 98 patients confirmed sarcoidosis according to pathological proof,in which 39 patients are misdiagnosed.Results The major reasons for misdiagnosis were delitescent sarcoidosis progress,clinical manifestation lacking specificity and lack of research.The most common diseases misdiagnosed were pulmonary tuberculosis,lung cancer and lymphoma.Conclusion The major methods to reduce misdiagnosis are to know well about clinical characteristics,imageology manifestation and laboratory exam about sarcoidosis.