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  2. Sarcoidosis - Wikipedia

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    Sarcoidosis involves the skin in between 9 and 37% of cases and is more common in African Americans than in European Americans. [28] The skin is the second-most commonly affected organ after the lungs. [33] The most common lesions are erythema nodosum, plaques, maculopapular eruptions, subcutaneous nodules, and lupus pernio. [33]

  3. Pyelonephritis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis involves antibiotics as well as surgery. Removal of the kidney is the best surgical treatment in the overwhelming majority of cases, although polar resection (partial nephrectomy) has been effective for some people with localized disease.

  4. Cherry angioma - Wikipedia

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    Cherry angioma, also called cherry hemangioma [1] or Campbell de Morgan Spot, [2] is a small bright red dome-shaped bump on the skin. [3] It ranges between 0.5 – 6 mm in diameter and usually several are present, typically on the chest and arms, and increasing in number with age. [3] [4] If scratched, they may bleed. [5]

  5. Henoch–Schönlein purpura - Wikipedia

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    In the skin, the disease causes palpable purpura (small, raised areas of bleeding underneath the skin), often with joint pain and abdominal pain. With kidney involvement, there may be a loss of small amounts of blood and protein in the urine (hematuria and proteinuria), but this usually goes unnoticed; in a small proportion of cases, the kidney ...

  6. Kaposi's sarcoma - Wikipedia

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    This variant is not related to HIV infection [39] [40] and is a more aggressive disease that infiltrates the skin extensively. [39] [41] African lymphadenopathic Kaposi sarcoma is aggressive, occurring in children under 10 years of age, presenting with lymph node involvement, with or without skin lesions. [35]: 599

  7. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Wikipedia

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    GPA treatment depends on the severity of the disease. [8] Severe disease is typically treated with a combination of immunosuppressive medications such as rituximab or cyclophosphamide and high-dose corticosteroids to control the symptoms of the disease and azathioprine , methotrexate , or rituximab to keep the disease under control.

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  9. Dermatomyositis - Wikipedia

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    The standard treatment for dermatomyositis is a corticosteroid drug, given either in pill form or intravenously. Immunosuppressant drugs, such as azathioprine and methotrexate, may reduce inflammation in people who do not respond well to prednisone. Periodic treatment using intravenous immunoglobulin can also improve recovery