Unusual Clinical Presentations in Early-Onset Childhood Sarcoidosis: A Correlation or Coincidence?
Published: August 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/27841.10389
Priyadarshini Sahu, Sudhanshu Sharma, Nidhi Sharma, Sarika Sharma, Shilpa Garg
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Pt. B. D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati, GMC, Nalhar, Haryana, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati, GMC, Nalhar, Haryana, India.
4. Reader, Department of Pedodontics, Eclavya Dental College, Kotputli, Rajasthan, India.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati, GMC, Nalhar, Rajasthan, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Priyadarshini Sahu,
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E-mail: priyadarshini.sahu.9@gmail.com
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease which frequently affects young adults. Because of its rarity, the exact incidence and prevalence of childhood sarcoidosis is not known. It mostly affects children of older age group i.e., 13–15 years. Early onset sarcoidosis (<5 years) is characterized by a triad of arthritis, uveitis and rash. Late onset sarcoidosis present with a multisystem disease similar to adults, with frequent pulmonary infiltrations and lymphadenopathy. Herein, we report a case of early-onset childhood sarcoidosis in a four-year-old female along with uncommon clinical features like cutaneous ulceration, onycholysis and geographical tongue and its rarity in the literature.
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