Ann Dermatol.  2010 Aug;22(3):316-318. 10.5021/ad.2010.22.3.316.

A Case of Morpheaform Sarcoidosis

• Choi SC
• Kim HJ
• Kim CR
• Byun JY
• Lee DY
• Lee JH
• Lee ES
• Yang JM

• KMID: 2265366
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2010.22.3.316

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic multisystem disease with various cutaneous presentations, and it is characterized by the presence of non-caseating granulomas in the affected organs. The specific manifestations are papules, plaques, nodules, ulcers and scar. We report here on a variant of sarcoidosis on a 71-year-old woman who showed an indurated plaque on the forearm. Her lesion's appearance was clinically similar to that of a morphea and the appearance of the lesion was unlike the commonly observed manifestations of sarcoidosis.

Keyword

Morpheaform; Sarcoidosis

MeSH Terms

Aged
Cicatrix
Female
Forearm
Granuloma
Humans
Sarcoidosis
Scleroderma, Localized
Ulcer

Figure

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  Fig. 1 The indurated plaque on the left forearm.

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  Fig. 2 (A) Prominent dermal sclerosis with highly situated eccrine glands and well-circumscribed granulomas (H&E, ×12.5). (B) Note the sclerotic dermal collagen (Masson's trichrome, ×40). (C) Note the multinucleated giant cells within the granuloma (H&E, ×200).

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