Allopurinol for Sarcoid?
- 19 February 1976
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 294 (8) , 447
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197602192940819
Abstract
To the Editor: The following observations suggest that allopurinol (Zyloprim) played a part in the resolution of long standing sarcoid lesions, involving both the skin and the lung.Case 1 was a 60-year-old man with a 17-year history of Boeck's sarcoid. The biopsy-proved lesions involved the hilar regions of the lungs, the lung parenchyma and the skin in a butterfly distribution on the face, on the earlobes and on the anterior chest wall. In view of progressive shortness of breath, dyspnea on exertion, a productive cough and pulmonary-function tests consistent with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a course of steroid . . .Keywords
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