Ryūmachi. [Rheumatism]
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Ryūmachi. [Rheumatism] · Feb 1998
Case Reports[A patient with acute sarcoidosis associated with fever, polyarthritis, and erythema nodosum: a typical of Löfgren's syndrome].
A 26-year-old female was admitted to Aoyama Hospital in February 1996, for evaluation of abnormal chest shadows and polyarthritis. She visited our clinic in December 1995 with complaints of fever, fatigue, and polyarthralgia which lasted for 3 weeks. Two weeks later she developed erythema nodosum on her lower legs with the exacerbation of polyarthritis. ⋯ This syndrome is common in Europe and is closely related to HLA-B8 and DR-3. The frequency of HLA-B8 and DR-3 in Japanese is almost 0%, explaining the rare onset of this syndrome in Japan. Our case is the second report of typical Löfgren's syndrome in Japan, although the patient did not have these HLA loci.