Open AccessGranuloma annulare skin lesions in a case of sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
Ajay Chopra,
Debdeep Mitra,
Loknandini Sharma,
Reetu Agarwal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_162_17
Subject(s) - granuloma annulare , sarcoidosis , medicine , cutaneous sarcoidosis , dermatology , histiocyte , granuloma , etiology , pathology , concomitant , skin biopsy , biopsy , surgery
We report the case of a 32-year- old man with a short 3-week history of erythematous, annular, non scaly plaques on palmar and dorsal aspect of his hands, who was concurrently diagnosed as a case of sarcoidosis on the basis of findings of generalized lymphadenopathy and radiological and histological features of pulmonary sarcoidosis. His skin biopsy was consistent with the diagnosis of granuloma annulare. Sarcoidosis and granuloma annulare are two separate diseases, which involve the skin and have a mononuclear histiocytic cellular reaction, although their aetiology is still unknown. Granuloma annulare has been associated with the concomitant diagnosis of sarcoidosis in only two more case reports and this association can be evaluated further to study a common link in the aetipathogenesis of these two granulomatous skin diseases.