Cutaneous Conundrums in Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Series on Skin Disease in Immunosuppression.
Overview
abstract
Sarcoidosis is a complex systemic condition resulting in formation of non-caseating granulomas. Infiltrative disease in cardiac sarcoidosis can have significant ramifications on mortality and is one of the few indications for systemic immunosuppressive therapy. In the patient on immunosuppressive medication, resultant sequelae such as skin and soft tissue infections are common and must be differentiated from cutaneous forms of sarcoidosis and other skin pathologies. Patients with humoral or cellular immunodeficiencies may have cutaneous lesions secondary to endemic fungi, mycobacterium, viral diseases, parasites, or encapsulated organisms. We report a rare case of cardiac sarcoidosis on immunosuppressive therapy, with a series of cutaneous sequelae due to opportunistic infection.
