Abstract
Sarcoidosis was first described by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson in 1875 and later in the skin as lupus pernio by Besnier in 1889 and as “multiple benign sarkoid of the skin” by Boeck in 1899. Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown cause. By Even the lung is most commonly affected, lymph nodes, lungs, liver, spleen, bones and eyes and especially the skin can be involved. Skin lesions could frequently appear as the first sign of disease (in up to 35 %) emphasising the important role of the dermatologist for the diagnosis and further investigations. Typically noncaseating epithelioid granulomas without surrounding lymphocytic infiltration can be found within affected organs histologically.
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Quist, S.R. (2015). Sarcoidosis. In: Katsambas, A.D., Lotti, T.M., Dessinioti, C., D’Erme, A.M. (eds) European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45139-7_85
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