SKIN AS A MARKER OF INTERNAL DISEASE: A CASE OF SARCOIDOSIS

A 52-year-old female presented to our out patient department with asymptomatic, hypopigmented lesions on the neck and back since 2 months. There was a history of taking antitubercular treatment for suspected pulmonary tuberculosis 2 years back. On blood investigations, the serum angiotensin converti...

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Autores principales: Gautam, Manjyot, Patil, Sharmila, Munde, Pritam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965860
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.84756
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description A 52-year-old female presented to our out patient department with asymptomatic, hypopigmented lesions on the neck and back since 2 months. There was a history of taking antitubercular treatment for suspected pulmonary tuberculosis 2 years back. On blood investigations, the serum angiotensin converting enzyme levels were increased and the skin biopsy revealed a naked granuloma in the dermis. A diagnosis of systemic sarcoidosis was made and the patient was started on oral corticosteroids and Methotrexate, with clinical improvement.
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spelling pubmed-31790152011-10-02 SKIN AS A MARKER OF INTERNAL DISEASE: A CASE OF SARCOIDOSIS Gautam, Manjyot Patil, Sharmila Munde, Pritam Indian J Dermatol Case Report A 52-year-old female presented to our out patient department with asymptomatic, hypopigmented lesions on the neck and back since 2 months. There was a history of taking antitubercular treatment for suspected pulmonary tuberculosis 2 years back. On blood investigations, the serum angiotensin converting enzyme levels were increased and the skin biopsy revealed a naked granuloma in the dermis. A diagnosis of systemic sarcoidosis was made and the patient was started on oral corticosteroids and Methotrexate, with clinical improvement. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3179015/ /pubmed/21965860 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.84756 Text en © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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SKIN AS A MARKER OF INTERNAL DISEASE: A CASE OF SARCOIDOSIS
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title_full SKIN AS A MARKER OF INTERNAL DISEASE: A CASE OF SARCOIDOSIS
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title_short SKIN AS A MARKER OF INTERNAL DISEASE: A CASE OF SARCOIDOSIS
title_sort skin as a marker of internal disease: a case of sarcoidosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179015/
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