Login / Signup

Ulcerative sarcoidosis: An atypical cause of leg ulcers.

Kazuki MiyaueTetsuya HoshiHiroki Isono
Published in: Clinical case reports (2024)
We present the case of an 83-year-old woman with leg ulcers who was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. This case highlights the importance for clinicians to consider ulcerative sarcoidosis when encountering patients with leg ulcers along with hilar adenopathy, uveitis, elevated serum angiotensin-converting enzyme, and histopathological findings of epithelioid cell granulomas.
Keyphrases
  • angiotensin converting enzyme
  • angiotensin ii
  • wound healing
  • single cell
  • palliative care
  • juvenile idiopathic arthritis
  • ankylosing spondylitis
  • stem cells
  • systemic lupus erythematosus
  • mesenchymal stem cells