Monday, August 3, 2015

Challenge

The rash shown in the first image disappears after a few months. The third leg of the triad is a polyarthritis that can last for a couple years. This disease is usually self-limiting.

Challenge: What's the syndrome and what's the underlying disease?

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2 comments:

Unknown said...

Lofgren's syndrome

Craig said...

wow! impressive!
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Challenge

Lofgren syndrome has the triad of hilar adenopathy, acute polyarthritis, and erythema nodosum. The syndrome is specific for sarcoid.

Source: UpToDate.