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Engin Sezer1, Özben Yalçın2, Emel Erkek1
1Department of Dermatology, Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
Sarcoidosis is a chronic multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown origin. Recently, a purpuric variant of cutaneous sarcoidosis resembling pigmented purpuric dermatosis (PPD) has been documented. Herein, we describe another unusual case with clinical features mimicking PPD, characterized by brownish macules and flat-topped papules with a slightly purpuric component on the legs and dorsum of the feet and histopathological features consistent with sarcoidosis. We designated this unusual clinical presentation as "PPD-like sarcoidosis".
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