Synonym(s)
Angiolupoid sarcoidosis; Brocq-Pautrier Syndrome
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Brocq and Pautrier, 1914
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Large nodular form of sarcoidosis in the facial area. The term angiolupoid has only historical significance and is rarely used anymore.
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ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
Sarcoidosis variant more common in the Asian population. Rare in Caucasians. Especially women around the age of 40.
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Face, especially nose and cheeks (see also lupus pernio).
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Few, bluish-livid, flat, roundish, sharply defined, indolent infiltrates of maximum 2-2.5 cm diameter. Surface smooth, no scarring atrophy. On diascopy yellowish-brownish intrinsic infiltrate ("apple jelly coloured"). In a larger, Taiwanese collective eye involvement was observed more frequently.
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TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
S.u. Sarcoidosis.
Progression/forecastThis section has been translated automatically.
Years of persistence.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Arias-Santiago S et al (2010) Recurrent telangiectasias on the cheek: angiolupoid sarcoidosis. On J Med 123:e7-8
- Brocq L, Pautrier LM (1914) Glossite losangique médiane de la face dorsale de la langue. Annales de dermatologie et de syphilographie (Paris) 5: 1-18
- Wu MC, Lee JY (2013) Cutaneous sarcoidosis in southern Taiwan: clinicopathologic study of a series with high proportions of lesions confined to the face and angiolupoid variant. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 27:499-505
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Diascopy; Facial granuloma; Granuloma fissuratum; Lupus erythematosus (overview); Lupus pernio; Pseudolymphomas of the skin (overview); Sarcoidosis of the skin; Tuberculosis cutis luposa;Disclaimer
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer