<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Sarcoidosis is an acquired idiopathic granulomatous disease, which is characterized by noncaseating epithelioid granulomas in organs and tissues. Most frequently it affects the lungs, liver, lymph nodes, skin, eyes and other organs. The cutaneous lesions appear in 20 - 30% of patients with systemic manifestations, and in 25% of them they appear without systemic manifestations. Based on the histopathological characteristics, cutaneous lesions are divided into specific, characterized by cutaneous granuloma, and non-specific, which are not granulomatous. Moreover, they can be classified as typical and atypical. We are presenting a female patient with unilateral hilar calcification of the lungs, who exhibited plaque skin lesions typical for sarcoidosis, with a specific granulomatous histology and a favorable response to corticosteroid and antimalarial therapy.</p></abstract>

Sarcoidosis is an acquired idiopathic granulomatous disease, which is characterized by noncaseating epithelioid granulomas in organs and tissues. Most frequently it affects the lungs, liver, lymph nodes, skin, eyes and other organs. The cutaneous lesions appear in 20 - 30% of patients with systemic manifestations, and in 25% of them they appear without systemic manifestations. Based on the histopathological characteristics, cutaneous lesions are divided into specific, characterized by cutaneous granuloma, and non-specific, which are not granulomatous. Moreover, they can be classified as typical and atypical. We are presenting a female patient with unilateral hilar calcification of the lungs, who exhibited plaque skin lesions typical for sarcoidosis, with a specific granulomatous histology and a favorable response to corticosteroid and antimalarial therapy.

Cutaneous Sarcoidosis in a patient with left Hilar calcification of the lungs - A Case Report

Clinic of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Clinical Center Niš

Special Hospital for Rehabilitation - Prolom Spa

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology

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Sarcoidosis is an acquired idiopathic granulomatous disease, which is characterized by noncaseating epithelioid granulomas in organs and tissues. Most...

Cutaneous Sarcoidosis in a patient with left Hilar calcification of the lungs - A Case Report

Published Online: Mar 20, 2017

Page range: 161 - 170

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjdv-2016-0014

Keywords
Sarcoidosis, Skin Diseases, Lung Diseases, Case Reports, Prednisone, Antimalarials, Treatment Outcome

© 2016 Mirjana Paravina et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cutaneous Sarcoidosis in a patient with left Hilar calcification of the lungs - A Case Report

Published Online: Mar 20, 2017

Page range: 161 - 170

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjdv-2016-0014

KeywordsSarcoidosis, Skin Diseases, Lung Diseases, Case Reports, Prednisone, Antimalarials, Treatment Outcome

© 2016 Mirjana Paravina et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Sarcoidosis, Skin Diseases, Lung Diseases, Case Reports, Prednisone, Antimalarials, Treatment Outcome