title: Sarcoidosis on skin scars: a case report.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown origin, in which non-caseating granulomas (small inflammatory nodules) are found in the affected organs. Cutaneous involvement occurs in 25% of cases with a wide range of clinical presentation. The onset of scars is unusual although clinically characteristic of cutaneous sarcoidosis. Most patients with scar sarcoidosis have a systemic disease. It is reported the case of a 65 year-old woman that developed scar nodules 20 years after she had had surgical procedures without systemic manifestations. It is worth mentioning the importance of investigating sarcoidosis with inflammatory alterations in praevia scars.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology of the Medical School of the Federal University of Uberlandiqa, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. dermato@hc.ufu.br
authors.forename: Sônia Antunes de Oliveira
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mantese
authors.forename: Alceu Luiz Camargo Villela
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Berbert
authors.forename: Thaís Silveira
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Cesário
authors.forename: Henrique Borges da
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*