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Cutaneous and pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis triggered by coronavirus disease 2019 infection

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Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest. FIGURE 1 (A) Erythematous plaques on the face and chest. (B) Erythematous plaques with a symmetrical arrangement… Click to show full abstract

Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest. FIGURE 1 (A) Erythematous plaques on the face and chest. (B) Erythematous plaques with a symmetrical arrangement on the back. (C) Some lesions with annular dispositions on the patient’s arm (red arrows). (D) The pressure from the glass slide application eliminates the characteristic erythema, revealing a yellowbrown granulomatous appearance resembling apple jelly. (E) Chest tomography performed six months after presenting with flu-like symptoms, demonstrating ground-glass infiltrates affecting 25–50% of the lung area (red arrows). (F) Skin biopsy showing rectification of the epidermis and a mononuclear infiltrate in the dermis, with formation of non-necrotizing granulomas (red arrows). HE, increased 10x. (G) Visual of the naked sarcoidal granulomas in more detail, with the presence of Langhans cells (red arrows) and without the presence of caseous necrosis. HE: increased 40x. Cutaneous and pulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis triggered by coronavirus disease 2019 infection

Keywords: pulmonary manifestations; sarcoidosis triggered; red arrows; triggered coronavirus; cutaneous pulmonary; manifestations sarcoidosis

Journal Title: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Year Published: 2022

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