title: Cutaneous Sarcoidosis: Preamble of a Paucisymptomatic Systemic Disease.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease with a wide range of clinical manifestations. Skin involvement is an early, frequent and accessible location for a histopathological study. Several risk factors have been described to determine the likelihood of systemic involvement of an apparent cutaneous condition. Early diagnosis and systemic treatment could prevent future complications. A series of three cases is presented in which the initial diagnosis was cutaneous sarcoidosis, but it was actually the first manifestation of a systemic disease. A review of this topic is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España. Electronic address: hurauma@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Marco Aurelio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ramírez Huaranga
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Daniel Alcides Carrión, Callao, Perú; Servicio de Anatomía-patológica, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: Claudia Carolina
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ramos Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: Iris Violeta
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: de la Rocha Vedia
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Arpa
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía-patológica, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murillo Lázaro
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, España.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellón Guardia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Adenopatías mediastínicas; Cutaneous sarcoidosis; Enfermedad granulomatosa sistémica; Mediastinal lymphadenopathy; Sarcoidosis cutánea; Systemic granulomatous disease