Success of prednisone in the treatment of a patient with sarcoidosis and systemic sclerosis: Report of a case.

Abstract

We report a case of a man with sarcoidosis and diffuse systemic sclerosis who showed improvement of both diseases after prednisone therapy and remains asymptomatic after three years of follow-up. The association of these two diseases is rare and it is controversial whether this is a chance association or if there is a relationship between the two autoimmune diseases. Despite the poor prognosis and response to therapy of the patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis, our patient had a marked improvement of the disease with prednisone.

• Authors: João Borges da Costa, Augusto Mayer-da-Silva, Luís Miguel Soares de Almeida, Manuel Marques Gomes
• Journal: Dermatology online journal (Dermatol Online J) Vol. 15 Issue 3 Pg. 11 (Mar 15 2009) ISSN: 1087-2108 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19379655 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Immunosuppressive Agents
• Prednisone

Topics

• Autoimmune Diseases (drug therapy, pathology)
• Humans
• Immunosuppressive Agents (therapeutic use)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Prednisone (therapeutic use)
• Prognosis
• Raynaud Disease (drug therapy, etiology)
• Remission Induction
• Sarcoidosis (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Scleroderma, Systemic (complications, drug therapy, pathology)