Single lesion of sarcoidosis presenting as cicatricial alopecia: A rare report from India
Aparajita Ghosha✉, Sujata Senguptaa, Arijit Coondooa, RameshChandra Gharamib
- aDepartment of Dermatology, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- bMedical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
Sarcoidosis affects different systems of the body including the skin where it can affect various cutaneous sites. Among these sites, the scalp is a very unusual location for lesions of sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis of the scalp can very rarely be accompanied by cicatricial alopecia. We report here a rare case of sarcoidosis of scalp with cicatricial alopecia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such report from India.
TL;DRA rare case of sarcoidosis of scalp with cicatricial alopecia is reported from India, the first such report from India to be reported. (Semantic Scholar)