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Nodular‐type muscle sarcoidosis developing after a dog bite
Author(s) -
Koide Y.,
Ishihara H.,
Kanda F.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.20894
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , medicine , muscle biopsy , thigh , biopsy , pathology , dermatology , anatomy
We report a 46‐year‐old woman who experienced swelling of the right thigh around the wound caused by a dog bite. Physical findings, laboratory findings, imaging studies, and muscle biopsy showed that this was nodular‐type muscle sarcoidosis. This is an unusual case of sarcoidosis, and the possibility is discussed that a dog bite may serve as a trauma to trigger sarcoidosis in genetically predisposed individuals. Muscle Nerve, 2007