LUPUS PERNIO ON EAR LOBE THAT OCCURED AFTER TRAUMA
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Cihangir Aliağaoğlu 1, Mustafa Atasoy 2 * , Mustafa Keleş 3, Kerim Çayır 3, Aysun Toker 4
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1 Numune State Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Erzurum, Turkey2 Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey3 Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Erzurum, Turkey4 Numune State Hospital, Department of Biochemistry, Erzurum, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

In the present 35 years old male patient, there were lupus pernio plaque in the right ear lobe developed after blunt trauma and radiologically typical sarcoidosis findings. In histopatholigical examination, clusters of epithelioid cells scattered irregularly through the dermis were observed. The patient responded well to systemic and topical steroid therapy.

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EUR J GEN MED, Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2008, 191-193

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82605

Publication date: 15 Jul 2008

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