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Sarcoidosis Coexisting With Dermatomyositis

[ ISSN : 2473-0688 ]

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Received: 08-Mar-2016

Accepted: 02-May-2016

Published: 04-May-2016

Rosa Gimenez- Garcia*

Hospital Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain

Corresponding Author:

Rosa Gimenez- Garcia, Hospital Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain, Email: rosagim@hotmail.com

Abstract

Sarcoidosis, a multisystem noncaseating granulomatous disease of unknown cause, has occasionally been associated with connective tissue diseases. African Americans and women have higher rates of sarcoidosis [1,2]. Its association with dermatomyositis is uncommon and most of cases are described in Japanese patients [3-13]. We report a patient with sarcoidosis who developed dermatomyositis

Citation

Rosa GG. Sarcoidosis Coexisting With Dermatomyositis. SM J Case Rep. 2016; 2(3): 1027.