title: Lupus pernio without systemic involvement.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem, granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that can affect the pulmonary, reticulo-endothelial, skin, gastrointestinal, cardiac, musculo - skeletal, endocrine or central nervous system. Exclusive cutaneous involvement is very rare in sarcoidosis. Lupus pernio is a variant of cutaneous sarcoidosis presenting with erythematous to violaceous nodules and plaques located symmetrically over the nose, cheeks, ears and digits. We present a case of lupus pernio which showed rapid improvement with topical steroids and has yet not developed any systemic involvement even after 6 years of regular follow up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Skin and VD, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Gopikrishnan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anjaneyan
authors.affiliation: Department of Skin and VD, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vora
keywords: Cutaneous sarcoidosis; granuloma; lupus pernio