Acne agminata is an asymptomatic papulopustular eruption. This condition typically occurs in young adults. The eruption generally runs a self-limited course, but disfiguring scars can occur. Histological examination shows scattered dermal granulomas composed of epitheloid and some giant cells with central caseation. A variety of agents such as wide-spectrum antibiotics, oral steroids, dapsone, ...

Acne agminata is a chronic, self-limiting popular eruption, symmetrically distributed in the central portion of the face, healing with scarring. We report a 25 years-old man, who was treated as acne vulgaris and lupus vulgaris but without improvement. According to clinical presentation and histopathologic findings, the diagnosis of acne agminata was made. We treated the patient successfully wit...

Old world cutaneous leishmaniasis (OWCL) usually causes a single, self-healing and uncomplicated lesion mainly on the exposed area of body. This report presents four cases of OWCL from Iran that misdiagnosed with sarcoidosis, lymphoma, and acne agminata. Two out of four patients showed a history of purplish red plaques for at least 5 years who misdiagnosed as sarcoidosis because of histological...

old world cutaneous leishmaniasis (owcl) usually causes a single, self-healing and uncomplicated lesion mainly on the exposed area of body. this report presents four cases of owcl from iran that misdiagnosed with sarcoidosis, lymphoma, and acne agminata. two out of four patients showed a history of purplish red plaques for at least 5 years who misdiagnosed as sarcoidosis because of histological...

794 Ann Dermatol Received August 25, 2015, Revised November 11, 2015, Accepted for publication November 25, 2015 Corresponding author: Jai Il Youn, Department of Dermatology, National Medical Center, 245 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 04564, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2260-7315, Fax: 82-2-2277-0915, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Att...