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Early onset sarcoidosis masquerading as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
S Yotsumoto1, Y Takahashi, S Takei
1Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890, Japan. syotsumo@med5.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|October 25, 2000
Abstract:
Symptoms of early onset sarcoidosis characterized by skin eruptions, arthritis, and uveitis mimic those of systemic type juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). We report 2 Japanese patients with early onset sarcoidosis, both of whom were initially diagnosed and treated as having JRA. Intermittent fever and synovial swelling may mask sarcoidosis in children less than 4 years old.