LUPUS PERNIO ON EAR LOBE THAT OCCURED AFTER TRAUMA

Year 2008, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, - , 01.09.2008

Cihangir Aliağaoğlu Mustafa Atasoy Mustafa Keleş Kerim Çayır Aysun Toker

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LUPUS PERNIO ON EAR LOBE THAT OCCURED AFTER TRAUMA

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

Keywords

Lupus pernio, trauma

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