Granulomatous Rosacea Affecting the Lacrimal and Salivary Glands

Granulomatous Rosacea and Periorificial Dermatitis

“…28 There is a case report of a patient with GR who developed lacrimal, parotid, and submandibular gland swelling after treatment with systemic steroids. 29 The scleritis, conjunctivitis, and parotiditis resolved after a month of minocycline therapy. 29 In fact, if patients have other systemic complaints, the clinician should seek out other possible diagnoses in the differential such as sarcoidosis.…”

The granulomatous reaction pattern

“…216 In the papular form, papules and papulopustules are superimposed on this background. The lacrimal and salivary glands were affected in one case.…”

Ekstrafasiyal Rozase mi, Rozase ve Polimorf Işık Erüpsiyonu Birlikteliği mi?

“…These patients with neck, forearm, upper arm, leg, thigh, wrist, hand-foot dorsum, finger, chest and hip involvement accompanying the facial involvement of the patients were described as "disseminated rosacea" (1). Later, in a small number of case series and case reports, patients with ER who have the presternal area, back, nipple, abdominal region, scalp and interestingly salivary gland involvement were reported (3)(4)(5). Palmoplantar involvement has not been reported in the literature.…”

“…This suggests that the combination of the two diseases should not be missed. In such ER cases in the literature have been reported to be initially treated with false diagnoses such as seborrheic dermatitis, tinea incognito, contact dermatitis (5,7,(10)(11)(12). The coexistence of PLE and ER whose pathogenesis and histopathology are different is plausible as both are photodermatoses; though it has not been reported so far to the best of our knowledge.…”