Sarcoidosis--a diagnostic and therapeutic problem
Wojas-Pelc, A.; Setkowicz, M.; Lipko-Godlewska, S.
Przeglad Lekarski 57(11): 659-664
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2240 PMID: 11293215 Document Number: 516930
Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ granulomatous disorder of an unknown cause. Skin sarcoidosis occurs in about 20-35% of patients with systemic disease and may also arise in isolation. A wide range of clinical presentations of cutaneous sarcoidosis is recognised. The diagnosis rests on the presence of non-caseating granulomas on skin biopsy. Treatment and overall prognosis of cutaneous sarcoidosis is primarily dependent on the degree of systemic involvement.