Three Cases of Sarcoidosis / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

We report three cases of sarcoidosis with pulmonary involvement. The skin lesions showed three types of cutaneous manifestations which were erythema nodosum, pruritic maculopapular eruptions, and subcutaneous nodules respectively. Erythema nodosum in our cases accompanied by arthralgia and bilateral hilar adenopathy, so we call it Lofgrens syndrome. Histopathologic findings of the case with eythema nodosum revealed septal panniculitis and the others showed characteristic histopathologic findings of sarcoidosis so-called naked tubercle. Regressions of the skin lesions were obtained with systemic and/or topical corticosteroid therapy except for subcutaneous nodules. Subcutaneous nodules initially improved but new lesions have been found.