Sarcoidosis presenting as a scarring alopecia: report of a rare cutaneous manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis.
We report a 51-year-old woman with alopecia caused by sarcoidosis. The lesion enlarged within 4 years and only repeated biopsies enabled the diagnosis. The medical work-up revealed that the patient had asymptomatic pulmonary involvement. Scarring alopecia is a rare complication of sarcoidosis and biopsy from the active margin may lead to the diagnosis.
Takahashi
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H
Division of Dermatology, Sapporo-Kosei General Hospital, Japan.
Mori
M
M
Muraoka
S
S
Sato
T
T
Dempo
R
R
Shiratori
A
A
Saitoh
K
K
Sugiyama
S
S
D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology