01458nas a2200361 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653002800066653002200094653001100116653002400127653002500151653000900176653000900185653001600194653001500210653003100225653001600256653000900272653001800281100001100299700001100310700001400321700001500335700001500350245008300365856004100448300001000489490000700499520057600506022001401082 1993 d c1993 Sep10aBiopsy10aDiagnosis, Differential10aFollow-Up Studies10aHumans10aLeprosy, Borderline10aLeprosy, Tuberculoid10aLung10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aRecurrence10aRespiratory Function Tests10aSarcoidosis10aSkin10aSkin Diseases1 aKaur S1 aDhar S1 aBambery P1 aKanwar A J1 aKhajuria A00aCutaneous sarcoidosis masquerading as relapsed borderline tuberculoid leprosy? uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v61n3a11.pdf a455-80 v613 a

A patient with cutaneous sarcoidosis is presented. The patient was diagnosed initially as borderline tuberculoid leprosy downgrading to borderline lepromatous leprosy and received a full 2 years of World Health Organization multibacillary drug treatment (MDT). Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy on chest X-ray and cutaneous anergy manifested by negative Mantoux, candidin and trichophytin skin tests suggested the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Histopathology confirmed this diagnosis. The subcutaneous nodule seen in this patient is a rare type of cutaneous sarcoidosis.

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