title: Skinsarcoidosis: A trick for primary case physicians.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease of unknown etiology. Skin lesions occur in about a quarter of patients with sarcoidosis and specific manifestations include erythema nodosum, maculopapular eruption, plaques, lupus pernio and scar sarcoidosis. A 39-year old male presented with cutaneous involvement of sarcoidosis. The skin biopsy revealed non-caseating granuloma. Our patient had skin manifestation of makulopapular eruption form of skinsarcoidosis along with hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The 40 mg/day oral methylprednisolone was started and skin lesions were fully recovered. We report a case of skin involvement as a first sign of sarcoidosis.
authors.affiliation: Rize Education and Research Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanyildizi
authors.affiliation: Rize Education and Research Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgür Sadik
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Kotan
authors.affiliation: Rize University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevket
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkaya
authors.affiliation: Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Safak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ersoz
authors.affiliation: Rize University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Rize, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gumus
keywords: Lung; Sarcoidosis; Skin