sarcoidosis is multi organ disease with cutaneous manifestation in 20%-35% patients. cutaneous sarcoidosis has variable manifestations that make it difficult to diagnose. so clinical, histopathologic and laboratory evaluation is needed for diagnosis. most of cutaneous lesions presents as nodul, maculopapule and plaque. morpheaform lesion is a rare presentation of cutaneous sarcoidosis. this cas...

Background: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous multisystem disease of unknown etiology. It has recently been tired to detect Mycobacteria genome in biopsy specimens of patients with sarcoidosis by Polymorphism chain reaction method. Objective: To detect and identify Mycobacteria species in cutaneous lesions of the patients with sarcoidosis by PCR-RFLP. Patients and methods: 20 patients with clinica...

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.

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...

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology often involving skin. Studies on cutaneous sarcoidosis and comorbidities are limited. This study is aimed to describe the clinical features of cutaneous sarcoidosis diagnosed in our hospital and to determine the relationships between cutaneous sarcoidosis and comorbidities.This retrospective study evaluates patients with cutan...

INTRODUCTION Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown cause. The management of sarcoidosis remains problematic. Systemic and topical corticosteroids are the mainstay of therapy but may cause unacceptable side effects. Biologic therapies, such as infliximab, have recently been proposed as another treatment option for cutaneous sarcoidosis. CASE REPORT The authors describe thr...

Sarcoidosis is multi organ disease with cutaneous manifestation in 20%-35% patients. Cutaneous sarcoidosis has variable manifestations that make it difficult to diagnose. So clinical, histopathologic and laboratory evaluation is needed for diagnosis. Most of cutaneous lesions presents as nodul, maculopapule and plaque. Morpheaform lesion is a rare presentation of cutaneous sarcoidosis. This cas...

Cutaneous lesions of sarcoidosis present with various manifestations including specific and non-specific cutaneous lesions. Ichthyosiform sarcoidosis is a rare form of cutaneous sarcoidosis, presenting with asymptomatic, adherent, polygonal scales, mainly appearing on the lower limbs.  Ichthyosiform sarcoidosis has a predilection for dark-skinned races, and cases affecting Japanese patients hav...

sarcoidosis is a granulomatius disease of unknown etiology involving multiple body systems.approximately 10-35% of patients with systemic disease have cutaneous involvement.skin lesions commonly observed in sarcoidosis include:erythema nodosum,macular or parpular rashes,nodules,hypopigmented or hyperpigmented patches,scarsarcoid,lupus pernio,plaques,and rarely mocusal lesions.this report descri...