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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>50</Volume>
      <Issue>9</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2012</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Unusual Manifestation of Cutaneous Sarcoidosis: A Case Report of Morpheaform Sarcoidosis</title>
    <FirstPage>648</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>651</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Attiyeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Vasaghi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Amir</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kalafi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Dermatology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Sarcoidosis is multi organ disease with cutaneous manifestation in 20%-35% patients. Cutaneous sarcoidosis has variable manifestations that make it difficult to diagnose. So clinical, histopathologic and laboratory evaluation is needed for diagnosis. Most of cutaneous lesions presents as nodul, maculopapule and plaque. Morpheaform lesion is a rare presentation of cutaneous sarcoidosis. This case had multiple indurated scaly plaques resemble morphea with granulomatous pattern in histopathologic examination. The patient responded to prednisolone in addition to hydroxychloroquine.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3966</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/3966/3941</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
