title: Cutaneous sarcoidosis masquerading as relapsed borderline tuberculoid leprosy?
abstract: A patient with cutaneous sarcoidosis is presented. The patient was diagnosed initially as borderline tuberculoid leprosy downgrading to borderline lepromatous leprosy and received a full 2 years of World Health Organization multibacillary drug treatment (MDT). Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy on chest X-ray and cutaneous anergy manifested by negative Mantoux, candidin and trichophytin skin tests suggested the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Histopathology confirmed this diagnosis. The subcutaneous nodule seen in this patient is a rare type of cutaneous sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bambery
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kanwar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khajuria
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D015441:Leprosy, Tuberculoid / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*