Diagnosis of cutaneous sarcoidosis; clinical and the prognostic significance of skin lesions

Yanardag, Halil; Tetikkurt, Cuneyt; Bilir, Muammer; Demirci, Sabriye; Iscimen, Aydin

doi:10.1186/2049-6958-8-26

Diagnosis of cutaneous sarcoidosis; clinical and the prognostic significance of skin lesions

Atıf İçin Kopyala

Yanardag H., Tetikkurt C., Bilir M., Demirci S., Iscimen A.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, cilt.8, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 8
Basım Tarihi: 2013
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/2049-6958-8-26
Dergi Adı: MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomas in various tissues. Cutaneous involvement occurs in 20 to 35 percent of the patients and may be the initial manifestation of the disease. Our study was performed to discriminate the clinical, laboratory, and prognostic differences between patients with specific and nonspecific cutaneous involvement. The second aim was to asses the diagnostic usefulness of punch biopsy in sarcoidosis.