Sarcoidosis: A great imitator

Sarcoidosis is a chronic multisystemic, inflammatory disease with specific granulomatous cutaneous lesions. The cutaneous form may be considered a “great imitator,” due to its extensive clinical morphology that occurs in upwards of 20% to 35% of patients. Cutaneous lesions may have a variety of presentations including papules, plaques, nodules, infiltrative scars, annular, angiolupoid, psoriasiform, hypopigmented, atrophic, ulcerative lesi ons, scarring and nonscarring alopecia, erythroderma, and ichthyosiform lesions.
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Source Type: research