Sarcoidosis--a cause of steroid responsive total alopecia.

Sarcoidosis--a cause of steroid responsive total alopecia.

We present a case of sarcoidosis complicated by total alopecia and a myopathy occurring in a young West Indian woman. There was a very satisfactory response to oral steroids.

Coccidioidomycosis A Cause of Sarcoidosis

BACKGROUND Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology and coccidioidomycosis is a granulomatous fungal infection endemic to the southwestern United States. Clinical observations on patients with sarcoidosis and coccidioidomycosis simultaneously led to the hypothesis that sarcoidosis can be caused by the fungus Coccidioides. METHODS Two patients with sarcoidosis and coccidioido...

Propionibacterium acnes as a Cause of Sarcoidosis

99mTc-MIBI Washout Rate to Evaluate the Effects of Steroid Therapy in Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Objective: We sought to determine the usefulness of the 99mTc-MIBI (MIBI) washout rate for the evaluation of steroid therapy in cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). Methods: Eleven CS patients underwent MIBI myocardial SPECT both before and 6 months after initiating steroid therapy. The washout rate (WOR) of MIBI was calculated using early and delayed polar map images. The washout score (WOS) of MIBI was ...

Diffuse neurofibroma - an uncommon cause of alopecia*

Although infrequent, alopecia can be caused by benign cutaneous tumours. Neurofibromas are common benign tumors that originate in the peripheral nerve sheath. Diffuse neurofibroma is a rare variant of neurofibroma that is thought to occur mainly in the head and neck of children and young adults. Histology generally shows an infiltrative tumor, composed of spindle cells in the dermis and subcuta...