A 14-year-old girl with lichenoid sarcoidosis successfully treated with tacrolimus

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 344-348

  Tsuboi, Hiromi ^a   Yonemoto, Kohzoh ^a   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; FK506; Lichenoid sarcoidosis; Sarcoidosis; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHENOID; PAPULE; RASH; RELAPSE; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; LEG; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEG; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DISEASES; TACROLIMUS; UVEITIS;

EID: 33745295728     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00080.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Scadding JG. Sarcoidosis. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1967 174 194.
2. Nozaki T. Sarcoidosis with lichenoid type eruption. Report of two cases. Jpn J Dermatol 1972 82 : 47 57.
3. Mallory SB. Infiltrative disease. In : Schachner LA, Hansen RC (eds). Pediatric Dermatology. Churchill Livingston, New York 1988 115 116.
4. Rasmussen JE. Sarcoidosis in young children. J Am Acad Dermatol 1981 5 : 556 570.
5. Hetherington S. Sarcoidosis in young children. Am J Dis Child 1982 136 : 13 15.
6. Seo SK, Yeum JS, Suh JC, Na GY. Lichenoid sarcoidosis in a 3-year-old girl. Pediatr Dermatol 2001 18 : 384 387.
7. Evans EV. The expanding role of topical tacrolimus in dermatology. Clin Exp Dermatol 2005 30 : 111 115.
8. Katoh N, Mihara H, Yasuno H. Cutaneous sarcoidosis successfully treated with topical tacrolimus. Br J Dermatol 2002 147 : 154 156.
9. Landers MC, Skokan M, Law S, Storrs FJ. Cutaneous and pulmonary sarcoidosis in association with tattoos. Cutis 2005 75 : 44 48.
10. Mochizuki M, Masuda K, Sakane T et al. A clinical trial of FK506 in refractory uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol 1993 115 : 763 769.
11. Smith NP, Ryan TJ, Sanderson KV, Sarkany I. Lichen scrofulosorum. A report of four cases. Br J Dermatol 1976 94 : 319 325.
12. Higuch Y, Nishiyama C, Morishima T. A case of a child with sarcoidosis showing multiple cutaneous eruption arising from chickenpox scars. Rinsho Hifu 1991 45 : 137 141.
13. Kendig EL Jr., Niitu Y. Sarcoidosis in Japanese and American children. Chest 1980 77 : 514 516.
14. Agostini C, Costabel U, Semenzato G. Sarcoidosis news: Immunologic frontiers for new immunosuppressive strategies. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1998 88 : 199 204.
15. Ebe Y, Ikushima S, Yamaguchi T et al. Proliferative response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and levels of antibody to recombinant protein from Propionibacterium acnes DNA expression library in Japanese patients with sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 2000 17 : 256 265.
16. Herrero JE, Mascaro JM Jr., Llambrich A, Herrero C. Sarcoidosis and pyoderma gangrenosum: An exceptional association. The role of trauma and immunosuppressive agents. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2005 19 : 97 99.
17. Sharma OP. Sarcoidosis and other autoimmune disorders. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2002 8 : 452 456.
18. Atzeni F, Sarzi-Puttini P, Doria A, Iaccarino L, Capsoni F. Potential off-label use of infliximab in autoimmune and non-autoimmune diseases: A review. Autoimmun Rev 2005 4 : 144 152.
19. Baughman RP, Lower EE. Newer therapies for cutaneous sarcoidosis: The role of thalidomide and other agents. Am J Clin Dermatol 2004 5 : 385 394.
20. Ishioka M, Ohno S, Nakamura S et al. FK506 treatment of noninfectious uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol 1994 118 : 723 729.