Abstract
Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder characterized histologically by noncaseating granulomas in affected organs. Cutaneous manifestations of the disease such as papules, nodules, plaques, and ulcerations occur in approximately 25% of the patients. Sarcoidosis can present with multiple different morphologies including annular, psoriasiform, ichthyosiform, morpheaform, and verrucous. In this study, we report a 30-year-old African American man with a history of spinal tuberculosis as a child and slowly enlarging verrucous nodules that appeared at the age of 5 years. After an extensive infectious disease evaluation, the diagnosis of verrucous sarcoidosis was established with the presence of noncaseating granulomas and a completely negative workup for infectious etiologies.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 591-593 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American Journal of Dermatopathology |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2009 |
Keywords
- Cutaneous sarcoidosis
- Cutaneous tuberculosis
- Noncaseating granulomas
- Verrucous nodules
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Dermatology