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Sarcoid on the arm
Keywords: 49 years, Arm, Cutaneous sarcoidosis, European ethnicity, Extensor arm, Male, Multiple purple-red plaques, Plaque sarcoid, Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease characterised by granulomas in various organs. Characteristically, these are non-caseating epithelioid granulomas (a pathological description distinguishing sarcoidal granulomas from the caseating or cheese-like granulomas seen in tuberculosis).
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