Löfgren’s syndrome revisited: a study of 186 patients

摘要: Abstract PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical features, results of noninvasive tests and biopsies, outcome patients with Lofgren's syndrome. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Patients diagnosed as having syndrome at a university hospital in Barcelona, Spain, from 1974 to 1996, were prospectively followed. was defined association erythema nodosum or periarticular ankle inflammation unilateral bilateral hilar right paratracheal lymphadenopathy. RESULTS: 186 patients. The mean age 37 ± 11 years, 157 (85%) women. In 91 (49%), symptoms started during spring ( P CONCLUSION: is usually self-limiting form sarcoidosis. Histologic confirmation not necessary typical cases. small number patients, disease may remain active recur long after its onset, although mild organ dysfunction.