Sarcoidosis Associated with Psoriasis Vulgaris

Abstract

We report a 70-year-old patient with sarcoidosis associated with psoriasis vulgaris. He had a nodule on the medial lower lid of his right eye. Oral corticosteroid for the sarcoid lesions and oral PUVA for psoriasis were employed. The cutaneous lesion disappeared within two months after starting the therapy. No relapse of sarcoidosis has been seen for eight years. The association of sarcoidosis with psoriasis has been previously reported; however, it is still unclear whether this association coincidental or meaningful.

Comorbid autoimmune diseases in patients with sarcoidosis: A nationwide case–control study in Taiwan

“…The association between sarcoidosis and psoriasis was demonstrated in a large Denmark cohort study; 23 however, there were only a few Asian people, two Japanese cases, reported in the English-language published work to show coexistence of both diseases. 17,44 The discrepancy in the comorbidity profiles of sarcoidosis patients may, at least partially, result from different genetic backgrounds and environmental factors that await additional studies to clarify the aforesaid association.…”

Sarcoidosis and Psoriasis

“…The association of sarcoidosis and psoriasis has been rarely reported. [6][7][8][9] In these cases, the patients also all had evidence of pulmonary sarcoidosis and cutaneous psoriatic plaques, and in 1 reported case, the patient also had cutaneous sarcoidosis. Because of the rarity of the cases, these reports were felt to be purely coincidental.…”

Pulmonary sarcoidosis associated with psoriasis vulgaris: coincidental occurrence or causal association? Case report

“…Psoriasiform lesions have been reported in sarcoidosis [2-6]. In this paper we present a patient who showed clinical and histological features compatible with both pulmonary sarcoidosis and psoriasis vulgaris.…”