A Rare Case of Sarcoidosis and Morphea

In the last decades several cases of association between sarcoidosis and various autoimmune diseases have been described, leading us to stress the concept of a possible common genetic “soil” of predisposition. The majority of these cases were association between sarcoidosis and generalized scleroder...

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Main Authors: M. Carlesimo, A. Narcisi, D. Orsini, G. Cortesi, C. Abruzzese, S. Giovagnoli, M. Giubettini, G. Camplone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-09-01
Series:European Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X1100900312
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spelling doaj-835efe14e91843d0befb6fee228c68b52020-11-25T03:24:25ZengSAGE PublishingEuropean Journal of Inflammation1721-727X2011-09-01910.1177/1721727X1100900312A Rare Case of Sarcoidosis and MorpheaM. Carlesimo0A. Narcisi1D. Orsini2G. Cortesi3C. Abruzzese4S. Giovagnoli5M. Giubettini6G. Camplone7 Dermatology Unit, S.Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome Dermatology Unit, S.Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome Dermatology Unit, S.Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome Dermatology Unit, S.Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome Dermatology Unit, S.Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome UOC Pneumology, S.Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome Department of Histopathology, S.Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy Dermatology Unit, S.Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, RomeIn the last decades several cases of association between sarcoidosis and various autoimmune diseases have been described, leading us to stress the concept of a possible common genetic “soil” of predisposition. The majority of these cases were association between sarcoidosis and generalized scleroderma, but only one case of localized scleroderma and sarcoidosis. In this report, we describe a case of a female patient in which a diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis and morphea was made.https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X1100900312
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S. Giovagnoli
M. Giubettini
G. Camplone
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A Rare Case of Sarcoidosis and Morphea
European Journal of Inflammation
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A. Narcisi
D. Orsini
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C. Abruzzese
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M. Giubettini
G. Camplone
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title A Rare Case of Sarcoidosis and Morphea
title_short A Rare Case of Sarcoidosis and Morphea
title_full A Rare Case of Sarcoidosis and Morphea
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Sarcoidosis and Morphea
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Sarcoidosis and Morphea
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series European Journal of Inflammation
issn 1721-727X
publishDate 2011-09-01
description In the last decades several cases of association between sarcoidosis and various autoimmune diseases have been described, leading us to stress the concept of a possible common genetic “soil” of predisposition. The majority of these cases were association between sarcoidosis and generalized scleroderma, but only one case of localized scleroderma and sarcoidosis. In this report, we describe a case of a female patient in which a diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis and morphea was made.
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