Background: Sarcoidosis is rarely associated with a distinct disease. One disease infrequently associated with sarcoidosis is psoriasis. Case presentation: This case study describes a 38-year-old male, who presented with chest pain, high-grade fever, arthralgias and a skin rash accompanied by bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy on his chest radiograph. Extensive investigations including fiber-optic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and labial and skin biopsies, demonstrated that two distinct clinical entities co-existed in the same patient: pulmonary sarcoidosis and psoriasis vulgaris. Combination therapy for both diseases was applied and the patient was greatly improved. Conclusion: This is the first well-documented case of sarcoidosis and psoriasis in the same patient, reported on the basis of safe and widely-used techniques that were not available until fairly recently. These disorders might share common pathogenic mechanisms that could explain their co-existence in the patient. © 2006 Nikolopoulou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Nikolopoulou, M., Katsenos, S., Psathakis, K., Rallis, E., Sampaziotis, D., Panagou, P., … Bouros, D. (2006). Pulmonary sarcoidosis associated with psoriasis vulgaris: Coincidental occurrence or causal association? Case report. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-6-26
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