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Reactivation of Old Scars in an Elderly Man Revealing Löfgren's Syndrome

Here, we report the case of a 55-year-old man with reactivation of old cutaneous scars associated with a febrile illness, episcleritis, polyarthralgias, erythema nodosum and hilar adenopathy. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) revealed right paratracheal, bilateral hilar, and subcarinal lymp...

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Autores principales: Vardhan Reddy Munagala, Vishnu, Tomar, Vaishali, Aggarwal, Amita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/736143
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description Here, we report the case of a 55-year-old man with reactivation of old cutaneous scars associated with a febrile illness, episcleritis, polyarthralgias, erythema nodosum and hilar adenopathy. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) revealed right paratracheal, bilateral hilar, and subcarinal lymphadenopathy without any nodular densities in both lung fields. A scar biopsy revealed multiple noncaseating granulomas and confirmed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. A short course of oral steroids led to regression of systemic symptoms, and the scars returned to baseline size. This patient represented a rare case of simultaneous Löfgren's syndrome and scar sarcoidosis.
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spelling pubmed-36036652013-03-26 Reactivation of Old Scars in an Elderly Man Revealing Löfgren's Syndrome Vardhan Reddy Munagala, Vishnu Tomar, Vaishali Aggarwal, Amita Case Rep Rheumatol Case Report Here, we report the case of a 55-year-old man with reactivation of old cutaneous scars associated with a febrile illness, episcleritis, polyarthralgias, erythema nodosum and hilar adenopathy. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) revealed right paratracheal, bilateral hilar, and subcarinal lymphadenopathy without any nodular densities in both lung fields. A scar biopsy revealed multiple noncaseating granulomas and confirmed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. A short course of oral steroids led to regression of systemic symptoms, and the scars returned to baseline size. This patient represented a rare case of simultaneous Löfgren's syndrome and scar sarcoidosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3603665/ /pubmed/23533907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/736143 Text en Copyright © 2013 Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Munagala et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603665/
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