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Annular elastolytic sarcoidosis of the face Volume 8, numéro 2, March 1998

Auteurs
Department of Dermatology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryomachi 1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
  • Page(s) : 127-9
  • Année de parution : 1998

Sarcoidosis is characterized by the formation of a noncaseating granuloma of unknown cause. In addition, sarcoidosis can be associated with polyclonal hyperglobulinemia, hypercalcemia, cutaneous anergy, in vitro depressed cell-mediated immunity, and circulating immune complexes [1]. It may involve any organ of the body, but the commonest sites are the lungs, lymph nodes, skin and eyes. The skin lesions are usually classified according [...]