Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomas in the affected organs. Although different series report variable incidences of skin involvement during the course of the disease, nearly one-fourth of sarcoidosis patients have skin involvement (1). Lupus pernio (LP) was first described by Ernest Besnier in 1889 (2). The lesions a...

Depending on the location, dermatoses can produce blemishes that severely impair quality of life and require highly effective treatment that is otherwise used for extensive skin involvement. We report the case of a 39-year-old, otherwise healthy male disfigured by an 8 × 7-cm hypopigmented and centrally atrophic annular plaque with erythematous indurated borders in an area of scar tissue on his...

Lupoid leishmaniasis is an unusual complication of acute cutaneous leishmaniasis which can represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The disease is actually a reactivation of an earlier acute cutaneous infection. It usually starts close to or in the scar of previous lesion and can cause severe destruction. Its diagnosis is complicated by the sparsity of the microorganisms in the d...

Vol. 28, No. 4, 2016 509 Received December 26, 2014, Revised July 3, 2015, Accepted for publication August 6, 2015 Corresponding author: Jeung-Hoon Lee, Department of Dermatology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 266 Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 35015, Korea. Tel: 82-42-280-7707, Fax: 82-42-2808459, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the term...

ocular involvement is seen in approximately 25% of patients with sarcoidosis. uveitis is the most common ocular manifestation, but sarcoidosis may involve any part of the eye. orbital manifestations of sarcoidosis are uncommon with few series in the literature. a 65-year-old woman presented with redness of the right eye and painless, unilateral eyelid swelling. orbital scanning revealed mass in...

Vol. 29, No. 4, 2017 511 Received May 17, 2016, Revised August 18, 2016, Accepted for publication August 19, 2016 Corresponding author: Young Lee, Department of Dermatology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, 282 Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 35015, Korea. Tel: 82-42-280-7706, Fax: 82-42-280-7706, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms ...

Between 20% and 35% of patients with systemic sarcoidosis have skin lesions. One of the unusual cutaneous presentations of sarcoidosis is a granulomatous tattoo reaction that may present alone or with other features of sarcoidosis. We present a case of sarcoidosis whom presented with multiple nodules on tattood skin accompanied with facial pulsy, parotid enlargement and uveitis.

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction Clinical presentation cardiac sarcoidosis is a chamaeleon. Detection granuloma in the histopathology proofs diagnosis sarcoidosis, however myocardial biopsy associated with high sampling error. However, prompt immune suppressive therapy would influence patient’s prognosis significantly. Analyzing our cohort epicardial...