Specific Cutaneous Lesions in Patients With Neurosarcoidosis. / Lesiones cutáneas específicas en pacientes con neurosarcoidosis.
Actas Dermosifiliogr
; 115(4): 393-397, 2024 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-37832866
ABSTRACT
Neurosarcoidosis is an uncommon but potentially serious disease of the central nervous system that can cause major sequelae. We analyzed the presence and diagnostic usefulness of specific cutaneous lesions in 58 patients with neurosarcoidosis. Sixteen patients (27.6%) had specific cutaneous lesions (14 men and 2 women; mean age, 50 years [range, 20-84 years]). Twenty-four types of neurological lesions were observed cranial neuropathy (n=7), parenchymal lesions (n=4), meningeal lesions (n=3), myelopathy (n=3), pituitary lesions (n=1), hydrocephalus (n=2), and peripheral neuropathy (n=4). Twenty types of specific cutaneous lesions were observed maculopapular lesions (n=6), plaques (n=9), lupus pernio (n=1), and scar sarcoidosis (n=4). These last lesions coexisted with maculopapular lesions in 2 patients and plaques in another 2. Specific cutaneous lesions were present at diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis in 13 patients. Recognition of specific cutaneous lesions in a patient with suspected neurosarcoidosis is important as biopsy can accelerate diagnosis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sarcoidosis
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Central Nervous System Diseases
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
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Es
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Actas Dermosifiliogr
Year:
2024
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Article