The comorbidity of morphea, Raynaud's phenomenon and sarcoidosis: Case report

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is an autoimmune disorder of unknown etiology which is characterized by non caseating granulomas and can be seen with other autoimmune diseases. Morphea is an autoimmune connective tissue disorder which occurs because of over production of the dermal collagen. Raynaud's phenomenon is an episodic self-limited vasomotor disturbance manifested as colour change in the fingers. In this case we reported a patient who had chest pain, dyspnea, weight loss and colour change in her fingers when she was exposed to cold. She was diagnosed as sarcoidosis. She had also two morphea plaques on her abdominal skin. We especially preferred to report this patient on account of the fact that sarcoidosis cases with morphea and Raynoud's phenomenon have never been reported.