'Oldest case of sarcoidosis' uncovered in French Revolution leader

Maximilien de Robespierre was one of the most influential and best known figures in the French Revolution. A lawyer and politician who was guillotined in 1794, he might also have been the first described case of the rare immune disorder sarcoidosis.The first case of the disease had been published over 100 years after the subject of this latest discovery, in 1877 by a pioneer in the understanding of the autoimmune disorder, Sir Jonathan Hutchinson. He described a 58-year-old coal-wharf worker with purple, symmetrical skin plaques on the legs and hands.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news