European Journal of Dermatology
MENUNarrow-band UVB for pretibial (necrobiosis lipoidica-like) involvement of cutaneous sarcoidosis: a promising therapeutic option Volume 27, numéro 5, September-October 2017
Illustrations
2 Department of Dermatology,
Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine,
Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Okayama, Japan
Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine,
Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Okayama, Japan
- DOI : 10.1684/ejd.2017.3077
- Page(s) : 537-9
- Année de parution : 2017
Rarely, pretibial involvement of cutaneous sarcoidosis may mimic necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) [1, 2]. Herein, we report a case of a patient with sarcoidosis, who developed pretibial patches, resembling NL. A topical corticosteroid showed no beneficial effects. Eventually, the patient was successfully treated with narrow-band UVB (NBUVB) therapy.In September 2013, a 69-year-old Japanese woman noticed a gradually enlarging subcutaneous nodule on her left dorsal hand. In December 2013, the subcutaneous [...]