Angiolupoid D86.3

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

All authors of this article

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Dieser Artikel auf Deutsch

Synonym(s)

Angiolupoid sarcoidosis; Brocq-Pautrier Syndrome

History
This section has been translated automatically.

Brocq and Pautrier, 1914

Definition
This section has been translated automatically.

Large nodular form of sarcoidosis in the facial area. The term angiolupoid has only historical significance and is rarely used anymore.

Manifestation
This section has been translated automatically.

Sarcoidosis variant more common in the Asian population. Rare in Caucasians. Especially women around the age of 40.

Localization
This section has been translated automatically.

Face, especially nose and cheeks (see also lupus pernio).

Clinical features
This section has been translated automatically.

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.

Therapy
This section has been translated automatically.

Progression/forecast
This section has been translated automatically.

Years of persistence.

Literature
This section has been translated automatically.

  1. Arias-Santiago S et al (2010) Recurrent telangiectasias on the cheek: angiolupoid sarcoidosis. On J Med 123:e7-8
  2. 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
  3. 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

Incoming links (1)

Brocq-pautrier syndrome;

Disclaimer

Please ask your physician for a reliable diagnosis. This website is only meant as a reference.

Authors

Last updated on: 29.10.2020